Launch Week 5 Hackathon

Summary

Supabase’s Launch Week 5 Hackathon invites individuals and teams of up to five to build a new open-source project using Supabase during a 10-day event. It starts at 8:00am PT on Friday 12 August 2022, with submissions due by 11:59pm PT on Sunday 21 August; projects may use any language or framework and must be created during the event. The best overall project receives $1,500 in GitHub sponsorship paid as $500 per month for three months, while the listed category prizes include Gold Supabase Caps, with winner and runner-up prizes and caps for every winning team member. Supabase-js v2.0 and Flutter SDK v1.0 are announced during Launch Week, and using them earns extra credit; the supabase-js release candidate is installable with npm install @supabase/supabase-js@rc.

Context

Launch Week is about to start, and the hackathon is presented as an opportunity to begin a new open-source project in parallel with the event.

Approach / What changed

Participants build a project, app, tool, or library using Supabase over 10 days, individually or in teams of up to five. Entries must be open source, created during the event, submitted on time, and include a link to the source code. Judges assess creativity, functionality, visual appeal, technical impressiveness, Supabase feature usage, and fun.

Takeaways

• The event runs from 8:00am PT on 12 August 2022 to a submission deadline of 11:59pm PT on 21 August 2022.
• The best overall project receives $1,500 in GitHub sponsorship, paid as $500 per month for three months; other listed categories award Gold Supabase Caps.
• Using the Supabase-js v2.0 release candidate or Flutter SDK v1.0 in a project earns extra credit, and the release candidate can be installed with npm install @supabase/supabase-js@rc.

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