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Devpost sucks.
It holds the title of a legacy app.
It does everything it's supposed to, and nothing more.
It’s been that way for years.

ShipYard fills that gap.
We’re not just becoming the new home for hackathons, we’re building the future of how they’re run.

Inspiration

I’ve been to nearly 50 in-person hackathons in San Francisco. Around 20% used Devpost. The rest?
Messy.
Submissions were dropped in Discord threads, filled out Google Forms, sent in Typeforms, whatever duct-tape solution the organizers had time to whip up.

And judging?
Some hosts have it down. Most don’t.
It’s the part of the hackathon that always goes wrong; it runs late, people complain, no one knows what’s happening, pushing the awards ceremony hours longer than it should.

Devpost’s take? “Judging’s messy. We’re staying out of it.”
ShipYard’s take? We’ll handle it.

We’re building the infrastructure hackathons actually need, not just a glorified link dump.

What we learned

Most hackathon platforms don’t work because they weren’t built by people who actually go to hackathons.
I've lived the pain, and I'm building your way out.

What's next for ShipYard

We’re turning ShipYard into the one-stop shop for hackathon organizers.
That means:
Helping you find sponsors
Helping you find venues
Making it easier to manage applications, teams, prizes, and logistics, all in one place

ShipYard isn’t just a platform.
It’s where the next generation of builders ship.

And we're hosting SFHacks 2026 on our platform next year. A hackathon that brought over 400 students, judges, mentors, and volunteers in person to SFSU in 2025.

Next month we're targeting hackathons in SF to be hosted on our platform.

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