Spend a week hacking with the Major League Hacking (MLH) community at GHW: Open Source Week!
What is Global Hack Week?
Global Hack Week takes place throughout the year to give you a chance to complete technical challenges, network with the community, enjoy fun live sessions, build technical projects, and make new memories.
We'll have challenges, live technical sessions with MLHers, mini-events galore, and some cool content from our partners! Here’s a sneak peek:
At each Global Hack Week, you can:
⭐ Watch live technical streams
⭐ Participate in skill-building workshops
⭐ Join us for fun activities
⭐ Enter and win swag in raffles
What is Open Source Week?
Each GHW features a new theme, and this October we're partnering with Hacktoberfest and celebrating all things Open Source!
Who is GHW for?
Global Hack Week is for anyone ready to level-up their hacking skills. We welcome all programmers, designers, artists, and hackers from around the globe to join us for these events. Whether this is is day 1 or day 1000 of your hacker journey, we want you to join us!
Can I get swag at this event?
Yes, of course! Each Global Hack Week will feature some amazing 2023 Hackathon Season swag…you’ll have to participate to find out exactly what you’re getting!
What is a Guild? How can I be a part of it?
One of the best parts of our community is that it allows people to meet and make connections with others, regardless of where you live. guilds are smaller communities within Major League Hacking. Whether you come in with a guild or not, you won’t be hacking alone.
Who organized Global Hack Week?
Global Hack Week is organized by Major League Hacking (MLH). It is our mission to empower hackers worldwide by providing them with the tools, resources, and opportunities they need to succeed.
Requirements
Your challenge submission must be completed within the submission period.
When relevent, your code must be available in some sort of public repository.
If you're continuing work on an old project, you MUST specify in your Devpost what was worked on before Global Hack Week.
Prizes
Set up a website with a custom GoDaddy Registry domain name!
"Set up a website with a custom GoDaddy Registry domain name!
Use promo code **MLHGHWPCT21** for your free domain name and submit your website to hackp.ac/GHWDevpost!"
Deploy a Container onto DigitalOcean
Containers are used to provide software applications with a filesystem that contains everything they need to run. Using Docker containers ensures that the software will behave the same way, regardless of where it is deployed, because its run-time environment is ruthlessly consistent. Deploy a containerized application such as this Sample Application to App Platform. Share your work on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Create a Static Site on DigitalOcean App Platform
Creating a new static site is as simple as connecting a GitHub Repository to App Platform! Share your site on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost!
Connect a DigitalOcean Managed Database
Applications are better with data! Connect a DigitalOcean Managed Database to an App Platform application. Share your application on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Deploy a DigitalOcean Function
Functions-as-a-Service provide a lightweight option for executing code. Give it a try by deploying a DigitalOcean Function either from App Platform or the Functions Tab. Share your function on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Set up Automated Backups
Backups are automatically-created disk images of Droplets. Enabling backups for Droplets enables system-level backups at weekly intervals, which provides a way to revert to an older state or create new Droplets. Spin up a DigitalOcean Droplet and enable backups. Share your project on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Make an Open Source Contribution
Contribute to an existing open source project of your choice. You can fix bugs, add new features, improve documentation, or help with testing and code review. Share what you contributed on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Create an Open Source Tool or Library
Today we're challenging you to develop a useful tool or library and release it as an open source project. Share your project on hackp.ac/Devpost
Open Source Data
Use an open source data set to create a data visualization or train an AI model! Share what you built on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Integrate an Open Source Project
Use any open source project of your choice in your hack. Don’t forget to mention the project on Devpost when you submit at hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Unit Tests
Find an Open Source project that lacks sufficient unit tests. Submit a pull request to add unit tests for a specific module or function. Share what you added on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Contribute to Documentation
Great Open Souce projects start with great documentation. Contribute to the documentation on any Open Souce project and share what you added on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Hack with an Open Source Tool
There are so many incredible tools that you may not know are Open Source! Build any hack using an OS tool and share with us on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost.
Use TinyMCE
TinyMCE is an Open Source rich-text editor that allows you to create formatted content. Incorporate this Open-Source tool into any hack this week and submit on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost to earn a point!
Hack with Hedera
Hedera's Open Source platform makes Web3 development even more accessible to hackers like you! Build anything with Hedera this week and submit on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost to earn a point.
Hack with Soroban
Soroban is an open-source Rust-based developer-friendly smart contracts platform built for scalability. Incorporate Soroban into any hack for a point this week. Submit on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Build with Flow
Flow is a public, decentralized, layer-one blockchain designed for creating limitless Web3 apps for mainstream adoption. Create any hack on Flow and share on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Incorporate Taipy
Have you tried out Taipy yet? It's a powerful open-source Python library for creating full stack web applications. Utalize it in any project this week and submit on hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Create an AI Agent and get merged to ILLA Builder Repo.
Create an AI Agent and get merged to ILLA Builder Repo.
Submit your work to hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
Create a Function on Appwrite Cloud
Create an Appwrite Function using any of the functions runtimes available on Appwrite Cloud and submit the GitHub repository of the function along with a picture of a successful execution to hackp.ac/GHWDevpost
You can view the Appwrite Functions docs: https://appwrite.io/docs/products/functions
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Major League Hacking
Judging Criteria
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None
GHW exists to give you a chance to learn, build, and share in a non-competitive environment.
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