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Join us for the GitHub Copilot 1-Day Build Challenge: $3,000 in Prizes!

Jess Lee on January 08, 2025

We are so excited to announce our first challenge with GitHub. Running through January 19, the GitHub Copilot 1-Day Build Challenge is all about ...
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Ben Halpern

Excited to see what folks build

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adriens

here is one

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Schemetastic (Rodrigo)

Wow, I would love to participate in this one! 😄

Let's gooo!

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Ashley Willis

Can't wait to see what you all build! 🎉

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Chris Reddington

Excited to see the submissions!

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Mohamed Nizzad

@jess Are the participants allowed to edit the post after 24 hours? As per the competition rules, my understanding is that participants are not allowed to do. Please clarify if it's otherwise.

Thank you.

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Jess Lee

@mohamednizzad participants can edit the post after 24 hours but should not make changing to the app.

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Mohamed Nizzad

Thank you for clarifying.

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KC

So excited to see the wonderful submissions.

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ismail courr

This challenge sounds amazing! Can't wait to see what everyone builds with GitHub Copilot. I'm taking on one of the prompts and looking forward to exploring Copilot’s full potential. Good luck to all participants!

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Akash Kumar

And Done....
Super excited for the results and all the best to everyone ❤️❤️

Fingers crossed 🤞

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D'yara Williams

I definitely would love to participate in this intriguing challenge.

Let the challenge begin. 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

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adriens

aaaannnddd... submitted !

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Christine Belzie

I might give this challenge a chance

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oteri

i think i might give this a shot.
this looks interesting. the submission prompts have some great details that can lead to an awesome build.

LFG 🚀

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Jess Lee

Excited for these 24-hour projects! Good luck everyone!

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Yeshua • Edited

Nice challenge but I have a question. Are we only to start building on January 19 or we can start building now? How does the 24-hour hackathon work if the challenge is already open? Wouldn't people start building now?

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iam_flash

yeah that's a genuine questions, building solid backend or frontend within 24 hr is tough, how can Dev actually able to determine which project is being built within one day or through out 7 days

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Sangeetha g

Even I have the same question, what does it mean hackathon is for one day , but runs through Jan 19

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Jess Lee

@hunchodotdev @sangeetha_gsk You can submit the project anytime between now and Jan 19, but you should complete it on your own within 24-hours of starting it.

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Andrew McSillyone

How do you verify that?

Basically the entire forum is finding ways to bypass the 24-hour limit :)

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Jess Lee

Hey @codemonster240, we are relying on the community to be honest about their time spent on the project.

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Andrew McSillyone • Edited

In my opinion, that is the best way :)
If it's too good, I think you would know anyway.

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iam_flash

that's right, 24hr for a web, there would be one thing that gonna be good, either frontend or backend, in one day 2 things never go on parallel

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Zion

How do you verify that the project was completed within 24 hours?

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Frosty Fucker

GitHub commits perhaps? 😁

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Zion

What if I finished everything locally and just pushed one commit? Would that still count as under 24 hours? Haha 😄 Seems like GitHub commits might not be the most accurate proof!

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Jess Lee

Hey @zion0410, we are relying on the community to be honest about their time spent on the project.

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Vatsal

Anddd done!
Super excited for the results, letsgooo 🚀🚀
Check out GoodLeaf

Watch full demo here -

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Block Experts

I built a decentralized application called Learning Rewards Protocol, where readers can earn tokens by reading articles for a minimum amount of time. Check it out here: Learning Rewards Protocol. Let me know what you think!

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Ettourach

Great opportunity to be creator so can Someone sharing the link of live stream on Twitch??

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Abhishek

Since the challenge opens on 9th Jan and submissions are due on 19th, what is the significance of the 24 hours mentioned in the post?

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Govind Vyas

Be honest with ourselves 😊

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Jess Lee

@rkabhishek You can submit the project anytime between now and Jan 19, but you should complete it on your own within 24-hours of starting it.

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Abhishek • Edited

Thanks for replying. But should we track it somehow?

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Mohamed Nizzad

I built a simple Early to Rise application as to promote new beginnings. Check out my article below and looking forward to hearing from you all.

My article

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Govind Vyas

Looks interesting, would love to seek submission from creative devs.

Let's go 🙂

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ismail courr

Here is my small contribution to the challenge dev.to/ismailco96/goalgenius-your-...

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Kabin Manandhar

Is this strictly web only or we can also create apps for mobile devices? since the #webdev

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Jess Lee

Mobile apps are welcome!

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Nwajei Gideon

Lovely, can't wait to see what beautiful things beautiful minds would create

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Riya

Exciting challenge! Can’t wait to see the creative projects.

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Idoko M Jaja

Am pleased to confidently suggest that my account @roxxgoose is 5th winner

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Engineering -Tunester

🥳🥳🥳

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Te Ray

So excited to join this event!

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Ebrahim Ramadan
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L Rodríguez

Once again , I have not time to participate in this challenge, but seems to be an awesome experience, good luck to all the participants!

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Siam Ahmed

Do I have to build the application within 24 hours, or can I start right away?

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Jess Lee

You can start right away but once you start, you should complete it within 24 hours.

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Siam Ahmed

thanks

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Madi Lloyd • Edited

The livestream recording link does not work. @jess

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Papa Kofi Boahen

How do I join, I'm on the home page, but can't see the event with cassido?

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Jess Lee

@stormgear you can try this direct link: dev.to/events/how-to-make-the-most...

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Jess Lee

@stormgear were you eventually able to see it on the homepage? If not, are you using any adblockers?

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Emmanuel Nkosi

Maaaaaan this is ittttt

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Block Experts • Edited

@jess its possible to work in another branch for same project but not merge it, main branch for competition will not be updated?

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Joiner

I will take part in this challenge.
Love this dev community
Thanks for sharing.

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Andrew McSillyone

Ahh, even my favorite forum has accepted the fact that AI is the best programmer :)

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Rummy222

Can you fix the link to the recording? Thx!

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Jess Lee

Yes, just updated but here it is:

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Andrea Liliana Griffiths

This is going to be FUN!

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mohamed karim

Thank for sharing

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Aein

sala

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Aein

salam

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Angela Oakley

Thankyou.

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JoeSchr

Why VS Code, (neo-)vim has (many) GitHub extension too

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fizzah_abdullah

i get the challenge but i have signed up and i will make a app after two days due to a reason . will be qualified then? how will you guys check if some one make the whole application in one day ?

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Jess Lee

Hi @fizzah09, we are relying on the community to be honest about their time spent on the project. You can sign up and submit your project anytime before Jan 19, but you should complete it on your own within 24-hours of starting it.

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fizzah_abdullah

thankyou @jess because you cleared my queries . ill be fair i promise

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Vargha Rahavi

Hi, When and Where do you announce the winners?

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Ayesha Imran

I wonder if the amount of likes and comments on one’s post will influence the judging process or is that not relevant?

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eurlexa

Thank you for this challenge.

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Oghale Ugbuku

This is an interesting challenge. Let's see what I can do. let's go!!!

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Moukthika Mandapaka

Excited to participate in this!

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Abdul Wahab

@jess I have some questions, like in this challenge can we work as a team with two or more members or we have to do it alone. And i did not get the way of submitting the app. Thanks.

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Dev Studio

When you will announce the winner of front-end challenge

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Melissa Wells

This looks fun! I think maybe I'll give it a try.

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Kenneth Nwobi

Can I build a Mobile app?

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Jess Lee

Yes!