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Announcing the MongoDB Atlas Hackathon on DEV!

Update: We have increased the participant prize from $12 USD credit to the DEV Shop to $25 USD! Now, by simply sharing a submission to the MongoDB Atlas Hackathon, you will earn enough DEV shop credits to get your choice of a free beanie, two sticker packs, a mug, etc.! šŸ’°


We are thrilled to announce a brand new challenge on DEV in partnership with our friends at MongoDB: the MongoDB Atlas Hackathon!

From now through January 13th, 2022 (or January 14th if you're following UTC time), MongoDB is offering you the chance to use your ingenuity and creativity to build an application using MongoDB's library of tools like Atlas Search. In addition to getting the chance to participate in a community event, show off your skills, and learn something new, everyone who submits a project for the MongoDB Atlas Hackathon will be automatically entered to win some seriously amazing prizes.

Now, let's get into the granular details of this challenge so you can start building and winning šŸ‘€

The Challenge

If you've been a member of the DEV community for a while, you've likely encountered articles by the talented team over at MongoDB (many members of their team have been using DEV for years).

But while you might be familiar with MongoDB, it's possible that you haven't used their modern database platform for yourself ā€” this hackathon is the perfect opportunity to explore it! MongoDB believes that working with data doesn't need to be hard. In fact, it can be an intuitive experience for all developers.

For this hackathon, we're offering you the chance to build an application within the guidelines below by utilizing MongoDB Atlas: a collection of cloud database and data services that helps you accelerate and simplify how you use data in your work, including but not limited to:

  • Atlas Search: Build fast, relevance-based full-text search in your applications in minutes.
  • Atlas Serverless Instances: Deploy a serverless database that can scale on-demand with minimal configuration.
  • Time Series Collections: An efficient way to store sequences of measurements over a period of time.
  • Realm Functions: Define and execute JavaScript functions to build APIs, integrate with cloud services, and lots more.
  • Realm Triggers: Automatically run functions in response to database changes, user events, or preset intervals.

  • To view documentation for each tool listed, please click on the hyperlinks above.

DEV and MongoDB are challenging you to choose a category (from the list below) and build an application that utilizes Atlas and other MongoDB tools as described within that category.

Once your app is complete and follows all the requirements (see "How to Submit" below), you'll be publishing a post on DEV that describes what you created. That post will serve as your official submission.

Weā€™re excited to see what you build for the MongoDB Atlas Hackathon using MongoDB's ecosystem of tools built for developers, by developers.

Categories

  • E-Commerce Creation: Build an e-commerce store using MongoDB Atlas Search.
    (Sample use-cases: product catalog, food ordering/delivery service)

  • Prime Time: Build an application using MongoDB Time Series Collections.
    (Sample use cases: IoT, financial analytics, climate observations)

  • Action Star: Build an event-driven application using MongoDB Realm Functions and Triggers
    (Sample use cases: inventory monitoring, logistics apps, alerts/notification apps)

  • Automation Innovation: Automate a task that you perform on a weekly basis using MongoDB Atlas Serverless Instances.
    (Sample use-cases: Payroll/ billing, reporting, scheduling, email responses)

  • Choose Your Own Adventure: Create an application using MongoDB Atlas that doesnā€™t fit into any of the categories above.
    (Note: the winners we select in this category will be the ones that got super creative and wacky! Feel free to go as random as possible.)

Sounds like fun, right? The great news is that this hackathon provides you with more than just fun and a chance to learn ā€” all participants with valid submissions will also be entered to win a part of MongoDB's exciting prize package šŸ’°.

Prizes

5 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category):

  • $1,500 USD gift card or equivalent
  • $300 USD credit to the DEV Shop
  • MongoDB Swag Pack
  • DEV Sticker Pack
  • DEV ā€œAtlas Hackathonā€ grand prize winner profile badge

Runner-Up Prizes (10 Total):

  • $250 USD gift card or equivalent
  • $150 USD credit to the DEV Shop
  • MongoDB Swag Pack
  • DEV Sticker Pack
  • DEV ā€œAtlas Hackathonā€ runner-up profile badge

Participants (with a valid project):

  • A $25 USD or equivalent credit to the DEV Shop
  • DEV ā€œAtlas Hackathonā€ participant profile badge

In order to submit a valid project, please follow the submission process, and rules below...

How To Submit

1) Create a MongoDB account if you don't already have one.

2) Fill out this form to receive a special code for $100 USD worth of MongoDB credits to create your project._

Note: By filling out the form above, you should receive an email containing your special MongoDB code within one hour. If you don't see it within that timeframe, please check your spam folder.

3) Select your category and refer to MongoDBā€™s documentation for each service used as you build your application
4) Share your app's code in a repository on GitHub and include a README
5) Ensure that your application's code is licensed with the Apache-2 permissive license
6) Publish an overview of the app on DEV using this post template between December 13, 2021 - January 13, 2022 (PT).
Note: You must ensure that you provide your appā€™s URL, category, screenshots, a description, and source code in your submission post.

Additional Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to 18+. Contest entry period ends January 13, 2022 at 11:59 pm UTC/7:59 AM UTC on January 14, 2022. Contest is void where prohibited, or restricted by law or regulation. For Official Rules, see Contest Announcement Page and General Contest Official Rules.

Community Help and Support

Hackathons are all about community and this one is no different! If you need help at any stage in the process of building and submitting your app, please share all questions in the MongoDB Atlas Hackathon Help thread. The thread will be monitored by members of the DEV team and MongoDB teams.

Looking for some motivation or brainstorming? Don't miss the Community Discussion Thread where you can bounce ideas about your submission off of others, lend or get some encouragement, and share updates about your project.

Important Dates šŸ—“

  • December 13, 2021: Hackathon Begins!
  • January 13, 2022: Hackathon Submission Due at 11:59 PM PT (2:59 AM ET on January 14/7:59 AM UTC on January 14).
  • January 28, 2022: Hackathon Winners Announced

Have fun with this challenge from our friends at MongoDB!

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JoelJJoseph

Hello, I'm curious as to when the winners will be announced. I'm really looking forward to it.

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Gracie Gregory (she/her)

Hey there! They have been announced here.

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Dhruva Shaw

so who are the winners?

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Gracie Gregory (she/her)

Hey there! Winners were announced here.

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Dhruva Shaw

its jan 28!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yaaay! lets what are the results!

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Abhijeet Gavali

where and how result will be announced !

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Gracie Gregory (she/her)

Hello! Winners have been announced here.

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Gourav Singh Rawat • Edited

Winners to be announced tomorrow, let's go!

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Jackson Kasi

what will happen tomorrow!

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Muhammad Ahsan Ayaz • Edited

Check out my submission.
dev.to/codewithahsan/flashback-mon...
I created a multi-player memory game named "Flashback" based on MongoDB, Angular, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS and Firebase. Links to the code and demo are in the article.
Any feedback would be highly valuable :)

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Elijah Lopez

I swear the post used to say Jan 13th 11:59pm PST not UTC.

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Gracie Gregory (she/her)

Not to worry! Your post will be counted.

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Jonathan Irhodia

Here's my submission. Hoping its not too late

Lovenotes MongoDB Hackathon Submission

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Soumya Ranjan Mohanty

Hi @mongodb_staff and @thepracticaldev , when will the hackathon be over i.e. the last time to complete the hackathon. Is it 13 Jan 2022 11:59 pm PT or 13 Jan 2022 11:59 pm UTC?

In the article, both times can be seen written.
The PT time is mentioned in "Additional rules"
The UTC time is mentioned in "Important dates".

Please clarify as I don't want to miss out on the opportunity and miss submitting my project.

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Gracie Gregory (she/her)

Hi there! So sorry about this confusion. There was an error above (the deadline was supposed to initially be 11:59 PM UTC on January 13) but we will absolutely consider all submissions that were shared through 11:59 PM PT on January 13. So sorry for any stress this caused!

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Adhir Kirtikar • Edited

Here's my entry:
IMDb-MongoDb
Please don't judge me, I'm a total noob in Node.js and I don't even know the theory of how it all works :D
I only did RnD and somehow completed a working prototype as I wanted to learn MongoDB, that's all!

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Joel Lord

That's awesome! Great job!

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STEMInstructor

This will be lit

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Gracie Gregory (she/her)

Excited to see your submission!

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Gracie Gregory (she/her)

There is still time to participate!

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Sirmed Mehmood

Why not 13+ šŸ˜­

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anjaulsk

Hi