The latest articles on DEV Community by Noah Brinker (@noahbrinker). https://dev.to/noahbrinker 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%2F842047%2Fe0237ecf-5f2a-479e-837b-66f4a081acd1.jpg https://dev.to/noahbrinker en Noah Brinker Tue, 03 Nov 2026 22:28:08 +0000 https://dev.to/devteam/thats-a-wrap-on-hacktoberfest-2026-148k https://dev.to/devteam/thats-a-wrap-on-hacktoberfest-2026-148k <p>Hacktoberfest 2026 wrapped up on October 31st! Thank you to everyone who built, hosted, mentored, judged, and tuned into Hacktoberfest this month. 🎉</p> <p> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D4oKpgJLiAA" width="710" height="399"> </iframe> </p> <p>This year, we focused on building with open-weight models and open source AI, at Fests around the world and online. Our hope was to bring the community together and WOW, so many of you showed up!</p> <h2> 🎃 Hacktoberfest by the numbers </h2> <ul> <li> <strong>115,385 people</strong> took part, at in-person Fests and online, from Global Hack Week to DEV Challenges</li> <li> <strong>500+ in-person Fests</strong> in 70+ countries and territories (our original goal was 300!)</li> <li> <strong>50+ livestreams</strong> from the community, partners, and Global Hack Week programming</li> </ul> <h2> 🏆 Meet the DEV Challenge winners </h2> <p>We ran five challenges this month, with one prompt and a new theme each time. Go say congrats to the winners and see what they built:</p> <div class="ltag__link--embedded"> <div class="crayons-story "> <a href="https://dev.to/devteam/congrats-to-the-hacktoberfest-weekend-challenge-build-for-a-friend-winners-pgc" class="crayons-story__hidden-navigation-link">Congrats to the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Winners!</a> <div class="crayons-story__body crayons-story__body-full_post"> <a href="https://dev.to/devteam/congrats-to-the-hacktoberfest-weekend-challenge-build-for-a-friend-winners-pgc" class="crayons-article__context-note crayons-article__context-note__feed"><p>Record-breaking participation with open-source AI</p> </a> <div class="crayons-story__top"> <div class="crayons-story__meta"> <div class="crayons-story__author-pic"> <a class="crayons-logo crayons-logo--l" href="/devteam"> <img alt="The DEV Team logo" 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<p>Week 4: Ghost in the Machine winners will be announced late this week!</p> <h2> 📜 Claim your certificate </h2> <p>You have until <strong>November 14th</strong> to claim your certificate. Sign in to <a href="https://hacktoberfest.com/my/" rel="noopener noreferrer">My Hacktoberfest</a> to grab yours!</p> <h2> 💬 What did you build? </h2> <p>We'd love to hear about it. Drop your project, your favorite Fest memory, or something you learned in the comments!</p> <h2> 💜 Thank you </h2> <p>To our hosts, mentors, and judges: you gave your time to make the Fests happen, and we're so grateful.</p> <p>A huge thank you to our presenting partner, DigitalOcean, and to this year's sponsors, who covered the Fests, the swag, and the participant packs that reached builders around the world: Arduino, Auth0, Backboard.io, Browserbase, ElevenLabs, Entire, Gauge, Gemma, GitHub, Google Cloud, IBM, Mastra, MongoDB, Paper Compute, Paper Instruments, Prior Labs, Qualcomm, Render, Sentry, SerpApi, Snowflake, Solana, .tech, Temporal, Thinking Machines Lab, Tiger Data, and TLDR.</p> <p>Happy Hacking!</p> hacktoberfest hf26challenge opensource ai Noah Brinker Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:23:10 +0000 https://dev.to/noahsdevorg/hello-world-3dbk https://dev.to/noahsdevorg/hello-world-3dbk <p>Just getting started here. 🙂</p>