This September 11th-20th, join the 2023 Fastgen Hackathon. Build a side project you’ve always wanted to and compete for cash prizes!
Win cash, glory, and a feature in Times Square
🥇 1st Place — $1,000 Cash, Trophy & Feature in Times square
We’ll immortalize the top project in times square with a feature, and will send you photos of the ad.
2nd Place — $500
Includes a Fastgen swag package and a feature on our blog
3rd-4th — $250
Includes a Fastgen swag package and a feature on our blog
Project categories
Best use of Fastgen
Use everything Fastgen has to offer, from cron jobs, to custom code blocks to user authentication!
Best use of AI tools
Use AI either from Fastgen’s integrations, or third party tools to amaze us!
Funniest project
Build a goofy project! This category will take input from the community.
Judging Criteria
The only true requirement for the hackathon is that you use fastgen in a meaningful way in your project. Fastgen doesn’t need to be your entire backend, but it should play an important role in what you build.
On top of the category themes themselves, we’ll focus on the following elements for determining winners of each category:
How well the idea is executed
User experience
How fleshed out the features are
Timeline
Applications are due Friday September 8that 11:59pm ET, we'll tell teams if they're accepted by Saturday September 9th at the latest.
Monday Sept 11th, 9AM ET — Hacking starts, opening ceremony with Fastgen
Monday Sept 11th 2PM ET — Lightning talks from Fastgen & Partners
Tuesday Sept 12th & Friday Sept 15th — Optional in-person build days: Hackathon attendees based in NYC or Berlin can spend the day building alongside the team at either of the Fastgen office
Wednesday Sept 20th 11:59pm ET - Project submissions are due
Thursday Sept 21 2pm ET - Winners will be announced
FAQs
Will I be able to get help with my project?
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Absolutely! The team will be available to help throughout the day
Who can participate in the Hackathon?
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Anyone is welcome, from students to industry vets. You’re also welcome to work alone or in teams of up to 5 people.
What is the submission deadline?
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Sept 20th, 11:59pm ET
Where will it be hosted?
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The hackathon will be totally online, hosted on a discord server. Builders in NYC and Berlin however are welcome to come to our offices for build days on September 12th and the 15th
How to submit a project?
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A submission link will be sent in the discord closer to the Hackathon
Can I work in a team?
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Yes, teams of 1-5 are allowed
How do I learn how to use Fastgen?
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Feel free to watch tutorials here and read the docs here
Do I need to be a coder to use Fastgen?
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You do not! While many of our users are technical, Fastgen is a low-code backend, meaning that some areas of the product can be used technically, while other areas require no technical understanding. Some of our most impressive projects were built by users with no technical background at all.
Additional Info
Any intellectual property developed during the hackathon will belong to the team that developed it. We expect that each team will have an agreement between themselves regarding the IP, but this is not required.
By making a submission you grant Fastgen permission to use screenshots, code snippets, and/or links to your project or content of your README on our Twitter, blog, website, email updates, and in the Fastgen discord server. Fastgen does not make any claims over your IP.
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