DevHacks #1
Motivation
We are organizing this hackathon to encourage the community to learn and practice together. We want you to work on and share exciting projects with others. Embrace the community; ask for help when you get stuck. There are no stupid questions!
Challenge
Make something new.
Make something small.
Try a new idea.
Make something useful or something really fun.
Make something the community could try and experiment with right after the hackathon is over.
Rules:
- The source code of the project should be publicly available on GitHub or GitLab
- You can use libraries you've contributed to or authored before the hackathon but it should not be the majority of the programs logic.
- The first line of code and commit should be after Friday, May 1st 2020 1:00 PM UTC
- The last line of code and commit should be finished on or before Monday, May 4th 2020 1:00 PM UTC
- Only registered team members are allowed to contribute code
- Projects need to have elements a human user can interact with to be included in voting
- A CLI is fine
- Projects that can only be interfaced via other code (algorithms / libraries) are not
Prizes
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be voted on by the participants of the hackathon.
1st Place:
- $300
- Extra $200 if DETA runtime is used
- 2x Polypane licenses (1 year of "Individual" each)
- 2x Spirit app licenses (1 year of "Personal" each)
- DevChat stickers
2nd Place:
- 2x Polypane licenses (1 year of "Individual" each)
- 2x Spirit app licenses (3 months of "Personal" each)
- DevChat stickers
3rd Place:
DETA Team's pick:
A project that will be chosen by DETA's team.
- DETA T-shirts
- 2x Raspberry Pis
- DevChat stickers
Timeline
- Hackathon and project submissions starts on Friday, May 1st at 8 pm UTC
- Participation sign up closes on Friday, May 1st at 6 pm UTC
- Hackathon and project submissions ends on Monday, May 4th at 1pm UTC
- Voting starts on Monday, May 4th at 3pm UTC
- Voting ends on Tuesday, May 5th at 3pm UTC
- Winner announcement: Tuesday, May 5th at 5pm UTC
Communications
Important messages and announcements will only happen in #devhacks. Make sure to join there.
Submission
Projects are to be submitted by sending them to mustafa@devolio.net between May 1st 5 PM UTC and 4th May 1PM UTC
The submission must contain these details:
- Team ID
- Project name
- Short description of the project
- Link to the source code (preferably GitHub)
- Demo link (or link to the instructions on how to use the project or interact with it)
To update your project, you could send another email with the new details. This is allowed until May 4th at 1PM UTC.
I will send you an email confirmation once I get your submission.
DETA Access
To be eligible for the $200 extra prize and for the “DETA Team's pick” prize, you need to use the DETA runtime as part of your project. DETA is currently in private beta, to get access, send an email to team@deta.sh to get an account (everyday between 7am - 8pm UTC).
DETA is a cloud computer designed to be super simple for individuals and small teams to get their ideas running in the cloud. DETA includes a Python and Node.js runtime, provides API endpoints out of the box, and includes a config-less database, filestore, cron, email, and permissions service.