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Announcing the Appwrite Cloud Hackathon

Bringing before you an opportunity to learn, share, build and win exciting prizes 🎁.

Introducing the Appwrite Cloud Hackathon - get ready to flex your coding muscles and showcase your skills at the Appwrite Cloud Hackathon.

This is your chance to show off your skills and build something truly awesome. Before getting started, read on to know more about Appwrite and the hackathon.

Starting from today, get ready to have a fun-filled experience building with Appwrite on this 4-week long hackathon!


What is Appwrite?

Appwrite is a backend-as-a-service platform that provides developers with all the core APIs required to build any application. Appwrite Cloud provides you with a set of APIs, tools, and a management console UI to help you build your apps a lot faster and in a much more secure way. Build fast, scale big, all in one place as Appwrite takes away the heavy lifting for developers and handles user authentication and authorization, databases, file storage, cloud functions, webhooks, and much more!


Resources

Here are some resources to help you get started with Appwrite 👇


How to participate?

  1. Sign up for Appwrite Cloud. You can create your account by heading to https://appwrite.io/cloud
  2. Build an open-source app of your choice using Appwrite.
  3. Make sure to follow the our recommended project submission template when writing your article on Hashnode.
  4. Submit your project on the new Built With Appwrite website.
  5. Launch your app by publishing an article on your Hashnode blog - no blog yet? Set it up here.
  6. Mention the domains of Appwrite [appwrite.io] and Hashnode [hashnode.com] in your project article.
  7. Tag the article with #Appwrite and #AppwriteHackathon hashtags! This is how we track who's in.
  8. Share your article on social media and tag @hashnode and @appwrite so we can spread the love!

Important Dates 🗓️ 

  • Hackathon starts - 15th May
  • Hackathon ends - 14th June
  • Results announced - 1st week of July

Prizes

🥇 Grand Winner prize (total 1)

  • $5000
  • Appwrite swags
  • Hashnode T-shirt and mug

🥈 Runners-up prize (total 5)

  • $1000
  • Appwrite swags
  • Hashnode T-shirt and mug

Additional Notes

Get ready to roll up your sleeves, put on your thinking caps, and join us for an unforgettable hackathon experience! We can't wait to see what incredible projects you'll come up with using the Appwrite Cloud. So, whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, sign up now and let's get hacking! 🚀👨‍💻👩‍💻

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