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StackUp July Coding Challenge

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Prize Pool
$1,200USD
Format
Virtual

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Welcome to the first edition of the StackUp Coding Challenge! 🔥 This hackathon has concluded and the winners have been notified. Thank you for your participation 🙏


Every month, StackUp will release a Coding Challenge for Stackies to get creative and solve technical challenges that range from simple problems like building a data visualisation dashboard, to complex problems like building the next groundbreaking AI model.


For July, we invite our beta testers to build something impactful for the StackUp Community.


Note: The July Coding Challenge is only open to invited beta testers. All submissions from non-invited beta testers will be rejected.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Ages16+
  • GenderAll genders
  • Teams
    1 - 3 members
  • ProfileAll Profiles
  • Regions
    All countries/territories, excluding standard exceptions

Challenge Themes

Each theme has its own challenge statements, and picking one is required for submission. So choose your favourite, and let's get innovating!

Theme 1: Build for StackUp Community ⚡️

Get creative and build something that can impact the StackUp Community!

Challenge Statements

  1. Create a solution that can elevate the StackUp platform experience 🖥️

    Build something that can improve the StackUp platform experience, whether its a redesign of our apps, or a completely new app/activity on the platform

  2. Create a solution that can elevate the StackUp Discord experience 👾

    Build something that can improve the StackUp Discord experience, whether its a redesign of our Discord or a new Discord Bot

  3. Open category ☀️

    Create anything, as long as it impacts the StackUp Community!

Theme 2: Ideate for StackUp Community 💡

Can't build? Get creative and write up an idea of something that can impact the StackUp Community!

Challenge Statements

  1. Ideate a solution that can elevate the StackUp platform experience

    Write about an idea that can improve the StackUp platform experience, whether its a reworking of our apps, or a completely new app/activity on the platform

  2. Ideate a solution that can elevate the StackUp Discord experience

    Write about an idea that can improve the StackUp Discord experience, whether its a redesign of our Discord or a new Discord Bot

Timeline

Key dates (save them on your calendars 🗓️):


15 Jul - 23 Jul: Register for the Coding Challenge and start hacking!


17 Jul: Submission opens at 1200 (GMT +8)


23 Jul: Submission closes - remember to submit your projects before 2359 (GMT +8)


24 Jul - 26 Jul: Judging period


26 Jul - 27 Jul: Winners announcement. All winners have received an email notifying them of their win.

Submissions Requirements

You will need to submit all of the following submission artefacts.


For the theme Build for StackUp Community ⚡️ , submit the link to your GitHub repository. The repository should contain:

  • README.MD file. It will be a write-up of no more than 500 words to introduce your idea and summarise the solution. It should also include links to a deployed site, a working prototype, a video demo, illustrations and mock-ups.
  • Source Files

For the theme Ideate for StackUp Community 💡 , submit the link to your write-up. The write-up should:

  • Mention any issues existing on the StackUp platform or Discord server
  • Present a solution or idea
  • The word count should be no more than 500 words
  • Can include illustrations, diagrams or charts to help elaborate on your solution or idea better


Reminder: Complete the Beta Testing Survey

Please complete the beta testing survey here.

Note: Remember to use your StackUp email for the survey


⚠️ Any incomplete submissions will be disqualified.

Judging Criteria

There are 3 judging criteria for the coding challenge:


1/ Innovation & Creativity (30%)

How original is the idea/solution?


2/ Impact (30%)

How big of an impact does the idea/solution have on the StackUp Community?


3/ Feasibility (40%)

How practical and feasible is the idea/solution for implementation?

Prizes

✨ A total of USD$1,200 worth of prizes is up for grabs ✨


There are 2 ways for you to be rewarded with a prize:


1/ Complete the Coding Challenge


All participants who complete all of the following will be rewarded with USD$5 each:

  1. Submit a project
  2. Complete our hackathon beta testing survey


Participants who qualify for the above reward will receive a notification email on the week of 29 July. Rewards have been added to your StackUp wallet on the Earn app.


2/ Be one of the Top 10 Winners


The top 10 submissions of the Theme Build for StackUp Community⚡️will be rewarded with USD$100 each.

Note: If you are submitting a project with a team, the USD$100 prize reward will be split equally between all members (e.g. if you are joining as a team of 2 members, each member will receive USD$50.)


The top 10 submissions of the Theme Ideate for StackUp Community💡will be rewarded with USD$20 each.


All winners have received an email notifying them of their win. Rewards have been added to your StackUp wallet on the Earn app.

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