Update: Winner Announcement Delayed
Github "Finish-Up-A-Thon" Challenge Winner Announcement Delayed & General Challenge Timeline Update...
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
Displaying a subset of the total comments. Please sign in to view all comments on this post.
Wait a minute. This is perfect. :o
I was picking up on a project I haven't touch for a year now and seeing this post is crazy timing. Can't wait to share to DEV! :D
Good to see this! I just thought of a project I've been contemplating whether to refine it further or not. This is the time to complete it.
Now it's the perfect time to act.
Yesssssss.
Lessss go.🏃🏻➡️🏃🏻➡️🏃🏻➡️
I already know the hardest part will be deciding which unfinished project deserves a comeback 🥲🥲
Finally decided which project to revive! 🚀 Check it out:
GitHub “Finish-Up-A-Thon” Challenge Submission
From Forgotten Repo to Production: Rebuilding AdeptAI for the GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon
frfr 😭
Hahaha I thought that's right.
This is an awesome challenge! Half the challenge will be choosing which project to revive :D
This really speaks to me :P
haven't tried github copilotkit on three.js .. let's see how it does 😅
Cool! 😍
Have more than a few projects I've never finished 😁
TLDR: bruh...
General groaning
I have been summoned.
I know exactly which project.
And that is going to be a lot of work. 😂 You mean the really awesome rails app I built from actual scratch and put to the wayside because I don't want to rebuild it in React because that's what everyone is doing now? You know what really prevents me from finishing things?
When I think about making an app and trying to get people on bored, I think of those annoying commercials where the guy is always like "there's an app for that!" or like the multiple instances where people make fun of people that have ideas for apps. Is this the thorn in the side of every developer?
Then there's the whole "how many users do you have" thing. Ugh. Having to ever answer that question would make me question my existence. I just want to build sparklies all day, unquestioned. 😂
Gemini gives me a reality check further convincing me:
Oh cool. So I build houses now. I should finish putting the walls up then.
But the even bigger problem is that I have poked around with it so much I don't know where the best place to start is. By the time I finish this comment, I probably could have found the root of a bug. Ahhhhhh... distractions!
My brain has been folded more times than me trying to think that Dynamic Programming is some kind of Gaslighting while loop lol
What did I just read? 👀
Idk but you got me confused now too. Its a party. (Actually laughing) 😂
When you are distracted, just call me without hesitation. I will raise you up. :D
Just submitted my entry — revived an MLOps platform I abandoned 48 days ago.
When I came back: Backstage in
CrashLoopBackOff, ArgoCD showingUnknownfor every app, and KServe unable to serve a single model.I used GitHub Copilot as my infrastructure advisor to rebuild it into a self-service GitOps platform with policy enforcement, drift self-healing, and deterministic recovery. Proved it with a live smoke test: 21 automated checks, 0 failures (reproducible on any machine).
The most unexpected find: Copilot helped me catch that
kyverno-cliactually exits0even when policies are violated. Every CI pipeline using it without a dual stdout check has a silent false-green.Full runbook and architecture breakdown here:
👉 dev.to/sodiqjimoh/i-revived-a-brok...
Awesome! This challenge is perfect and really speaks to me… I have tons of “pending” projects; I’m sure I’ll find one that GitHub Copilot will help me finalize 😁
On my way
which comes after previous GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge DEV Challenge :
GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge Submission
🦆Built a duckdb community extension for brew
good to see
A "Finish-Up-A-Thon" is exactly the kind of forcing function my graveyard of 90%-finished side projects needs. This is such a great counter to the endless cycle of starting new tutorials and abandoning them. Time to finally deploy that app I started in 2024! What’s everyone planning on finishing?
Just submitted my official entry! 🚀
Read the full breakdown here: dev.to/nimra_abid_8180c39fb998b6/r...
I took HerRights, a fragile 3D hackathon prototype built for Women's Day, and partnered with GitHub Copilot to rebuild it into a production-grade, offline-capable accessibility tool for women in crisis.
The biggest engineering wins:
✅ Ripped out heavy WebGL to drop load times from 2.8s to 0.4s.
✅ Integrated the native Web Speech API for low-literacy users.
✅ Added localStorage state persistence and PWA offline support so it works when WiFi drops.
The "Before and After" transformation was intense, but Copilot made the browser compatibility matrix a breeze. I'd love for the community to check out the metrics and the live demo!
Time to dust off those old builds!
I’m definitely ready to be in and submit—how strict is the judging on the 'completeness' aspect if the core functionality is solid but a few stretch features are missing?
The "before and after" requirement sounds like a good way to show GitHub Copilot's utility. But I'm skeptical about how much Copilot can turn a half-baked idea into a fully realized project. Anyone else feel like it's sometimes just fancy autocomplete? For actual project completion, I found a specific bank for code challenges on PracHub that helped with similar competitions. It's more targeted than just browsing random GitHub repos for inspiration.
It seems that with the free subscription from GitHub Copilot all we get is 2000 autocomplete and 50 agent runs, so not that much to finish a project. I wonder if the sponsors will provide any extra credits for this challenge.
I guess you can team up with antigravity🤣
I don't know what type of app should it be, @jess , like a Android app or is it to be a website, I have no idea 💡, maybe if I could use .net maui for Android, because that's where I probably am always and where GitHub copilot is too(visual studio).
Dusting off my project HerRights for this challenge! 🚀
It's an interactive 3D platform explaining women's legal rights. I’m currently using GitHub Copilot to completely overhaul the color palette, implement a smooth 360° moving skybox atmosphere, and add Web Speech API audio narration for accessibility.
I love this challenge and want to participate, but I want to ask what should be the level/depth of tech and features required to involve?
Does the project with something basic or common features will count?
Good to being
Just submitted — built SafeAgent, an exactly-once execution guard that blocked $3,653 in duplicate trades in one live session. Also covers Stripe webhooks and AI agent retries: dev.to/azender1/my-trading-bot-tri...
Just submitted and honestly pretty proud of this one 🙌
dev.to/gopichand_dev/44-days-of-so...
I started 100 Days of Solana back in early 2026 with literally one
file in my repo. A README that just said the project name. No code,
no plan, no blockchain experience whatsoever. Just a Web2 background
in Python and JS and a vague goal to learn Solana in public.
44 days later I have wallets, airdrops, SPL tokens, five different
Token-2022 extension combinations (transfer fees, interest-bearing,
frozen compliance tokens, soulbound credentials, permanent delegates)
and an actual NFT minted entirely through the Solana CLI. No Metaplex,
no JavaScript, no framework. I generated a vanity keypair starting
with "nft", added on-chain metadata using Token-2022 extensions, minted
exactly 1 token, and permanently disabled the mint authority. Every
single transaction is on Solana Explorer with a verifiable signature.
The part I'm most proud of though? Nine DEV.to articles I wrote
specifically for Web2 developers who want to understand what's
actually happening under the hood on Solana, not just copy-paste
commands from docs.
GitHub Copilot genuinely saved this project three times. Day 8 I
was ready to close the laptop at midnight over an AccountFrozen error
I couldn't figure out. Day 23 I hit a wall with Token-2022 architecture
I couldn't get through alone. Day 39 my NFT build broke because I ran
initialize-mint before initialize-metadata-pointer and had no idea why.
Copilot sorted each one in minutes, not hours.
The full story with all the messy details is in the article above.
56 days left on the challenge and I'm not slowing down 🔥
100DaysOfSolana #githubchallenge #Solana #BuildInPublic
Quick eligibility question — the general Official Rules say entries must be 'started during the Entry Period,' but this is a Finish-Up-A-Thon for reviving older projects. Can you confirm projects started before the entry window are eligible for prizes, not just the completion badge?
This is exactly the kind of motivation I needed. Got at least three half-baked projects gathering dust that could use some Copilot magic and a proper finish line. The "before and after" arc is such a smart judging angle — forces you to actually show the transformation, not just the shiny end result. Anyone else already got their abandoned repo picked out? Good luck everyone! 🚀
Thank you for this challenge! 💛 Such a great opportunity to come back to the portal related to technical writing that I abandoned a bit in favour of other projects!
Just submitted my submission and yes, it took me a lot of time because I was deeply committed to making it more than just another app. I wanted a space that felt like a sanctuary something meaningful for reflection. Every late night of debugging, every iteration of the UI, every moment integrating AI reflections was about making something that genuinely helps people pause and understand themselves. It took a lot of time, because I cared about every detail. And now, even if it was down to the wire, I’m proud to say it’s out there.
Project Name:
AMA — Agent Management Agent
GitHub Repo URL:
github.com/xzwyjia-pixel/ama
Before (完成前):
I had 3 AI coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, Pi Agent) with 457 agents
running across them. Zero visibility into what was active, what was
wasting money, or where my code was being sent.
Every day:
30-50% of my AI API spend was pure waste. And I had no idea.
After (完成后):
AMA is now live as an open-source project (MIT license):
6 files, 7000+ lines of code. Fully functional. MIT licensed.
What I learned:
Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQLite, Vercel, Stripe (pending)
Hi! Quick question about eligibility: does the submission have to be a previously started/abandoned project, or can it be a brand new project built and completed during the challenge window? I have some ideas, but want to make sure I'm building in the right direction before I start. Thanks!
Is it possible to automatically post a fixed monthly depreciation amount, such as $50 per month, for different fixed assets?
nicee
We all have been there. Started with great enthusiasm, paused for a day or week and then never came back.
Good time to call "Avengers Assemble"
Can i supplement github copilot with other agents?
@ben @jess Any incomplete project which is old as a month or two can be submitted to this challenge?
I couldn't find an answer to this question in the docs: does the code need to be open source?
let's go...........................🔥
Woow....this is good oo
There's a project I started last year and after some weeks I stopped. I will have to go back to it oo. Work starts in Monday with immediate alarcrity.
Who's excited to dive back into their traumatic projects!? 😆
I have so many 😭 might finally participate in my first dev contest with this one. All the best everyone!
2 years, that project repo is as it is from 2 years, time to finally finish building a smart AI hacker
ah I saw it so late 😑😑😂😣
less goooooo
Time to revive my dead 40+ side projects😃
The biggest challenge now is, which one should I revive?😐️
Ukraine is also participating!!!
Thank you for the opportunity...
yayy! let's go, I have one project which I need to revive 😄
I know! Almost creepy! But I suppose we all have that project we’ve been reconsidering.
This is one of those posts that should be bookmarked. The practical examples really help bridge the gap between 'I know the syntax' and 'I can use this in production.'
do we have to make the repository public to be eligible?
Does Github provide teams with Github Copilot Subscription for the time of the hackathon?
今もまだ開発しているから
参加出来ないのかな
good programs but where is the subsidiary for copilot during your challenge ?
Hello World! Excelente iniciativa! Adorei o desafio!
Question. Does it need to be open source?
I would like to know that as well
Several months abandoned and a huge comeback!
GitHub “Finish-Up-A-Thon” Challenge Submission
Learn Leetcode daily with Claude code mentor
If I prefer using another ai tool (such as Claude Code) can I use that or I have to use copilot?
Solid write-up. I have been working with this for a while and still learned something new. Well explained and actionable.
Great breakdown. I've been working with this for a while and still learned something new. Well explained and actionable.
Could be a migration? One project that I didn't finish was on silverlight I want to migrante to svelte
This is interesting! I wanna try to join😀
Crying in all my past projects were abandoned for a reason
i like it
Truly im just new i dont understand where iv to start
Love it
nice challenge
Great timing. I literally just finished up a stale project from a year ago named V.A.L.I.D. Hope it's valid? 😉
I recently participated in ibm bob hackathon. Due to lack of credits and time limit, i am not able to complete. I will try with git hub copilot now.
Count me in! So many half-done works to polish now.
I need my rubber ducky for this project, it’s been 5 years since i last code without AI.
This challenge sounds interesting. I am UP FOR IT 🤩😇
Hi All, hope all are doing good...
I'm finally coming back🙌🏻
HI
Julia Saim is a passionate crypto news creator sharing the latest Bitcoin, blockchain & cryptocurrency updates on ChainBuzz Crypto News.”
Damnn~~~
What makes an AI project feel “production-ready” to you?
I’m refining SYNAPSE SHADOW for a submission and want to understand what developers expect from a finished AI system.