The latest articles on DEV Community by Neal Conway (@neal_conway_41ff1cc316a16). https://dev.to/neal_conway_41ff1cc316a16 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1705890%2F70127cc6-53db-4867-9ec9-849734b9098b.jpg https://dev.to/neal_conway_41ff1cc316a16 en Neal Conway Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:50:00 +0000 https://dev.to/neal_conway_41ff1cc316a16/5-days-left-clocked-build-challenge-a-free-online-ai-hackathon-with-2000-in-prizes-471g https://dev.to/neal_conway_41ff1cc316a16/5-days-left-clocked-build-challenge-a-free-online-ai-hackathon-with-2000-in-prizes-471g <p>I'm one of the organizers of the <strong>Clocked Build Challenge</strong>, and there are <strong>5 days left</strong> to get an entry in. If you've got a free weekend, it's a low-barrier one.</p> <p><strong>Entries close November 10, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET.</strong> Rules and entry form: <a href="https://clocked.rezolve.ai/challenge" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://clocked.rezolve.ai/challenge</a></p> <h2> What you build </h2> <p>A new working app that meaningfully uses at least one <a href="https://clocked.rezolve.ai" rel="noopener noreferrer">Clocked</a> endpoint. Clocked is an LLM API that returns structured results instead of generated text. There are nine endpoints in three groups:</p> <ul> <li> <strong>Decide / Extract / Fill</strong>: decisions with probabilities, exact values with source positions, whole structured records in one call</li> <li> <strong>Protect / Guard / Inspect</strong>: PII masking, prompt-injection detection, script inspection</li> <li> <strong>Verify / Compare / Rerank</strong>: grounding checks, document comparison, reranking</li> </ul> <p>Practical, silly or experimental all count. You pick the language and framework.</p> <h2> Prizes ($2,000 cash) </h2> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th>Award</th> <th>Prize</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Best Overall App</td> <td>$600</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Best Use of Decide / Extract / Fill</td> <td>$400</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Best Use of Protect / Guard / Inspect</td> <td>$400</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Best Use of Verify / Compare / Rerank</td> <td>$400</td> </tr> <tr> <td>People's Choice (LinkedIn vote)</td> <td>$200</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <h2> Free credits </h2> <p>A free Clocked account comes with 4,000 credits. Redeem <strong><code>CLOCKEDHACKATHON</code></strong> on your account page for 16,000 more, so 20,000 total.</p> <h2> The basics </h2> <ul> <li>Solo or teams of any size</li> <li>The app has to be started during the challenge (libraries, templates and AI coding tools are fine)</li> <li>You need a demo (live app or short video) and a public repo with setup instructions</li> <li>18+; location and other restrictions apply, see the <a href="https://clocked.rezolve.ai/build-challenge/rules" rel="noopener noreferrer">official rules</a> </li> <li>Judging Nov 11–17, winners announced Nov 18</li> </ul> <p>If you post a write-up of your build here on DEV, tag it <strong>#clockedchallenge</strong> so we can find it. Questions welcome in the comments.</p> hackathon ai api clockedchallenge