Challenge yourself to build one of these three management systems from scratch!
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This month's Coding Challenge challenges participants to build innovative solutions aimed at improving management systems and applications. Each challenge statement presents a specific project, providing an opportunity for you to develop functional, user-friendly systems that address real-world problems.
The exciting twist? You can integrate AI into your creations, enhancing their capabilities and driving smarter, more efficient outcomes. Whether it's optimizing workflows, automating processes, or providing insightful analytics, the goal is to push the boundaries of what management systems can do. Best of luck, and we can’t wait to see your creativity and skills in action!
⚠️ Difficult: Because of the high difficulty of the challenge statements, we recommend that you form a team!
Eligibility Criteria
- AgesAll ages
- GenderAll genders
- Teams1 - 5 members
- ProfileAll Profiles
- RegionsAll countries/territories, excluding standard exceptions
Challenge Theme
Each theme has its own challenge statements, and picking one is required for submission. So choose your favourite, and let's get innovating!
Theme: Management Systems From Scratch
For this coding challenge, the challenge statements are specific to management systems and applications. Each challenge statement is a specific project you should be building. You can integrate AI into these systems. Goodluck!
Challenge Statements
- Hospital Management System 🏥
Build a software solution designed to streamline and automate various administrative, financial, and clinical processes within a hospital, including patient management, staff scheduling, billing, and medical record-keeping.
- Pharmaceutical Inventory System 🧑⚕️
Build a software application that helps manage and track the stock, procurement, and distribution of pharmaceutical products, ensuring accurate inventory control and efficient supply chain management.
- Library and Book Store Inventory System 📚
Build a software solution that manages the tracking, cataloging, and circulation of books in a library or bookstore, including inventory control, lending and purchasing, and sales management.
Timeline
Key Dates (Save them on your calendars 📅):
3 March - 22 March: Register for the Coding Challenge and start hacking!
10 March: Submission opens at 1200 (GMT +8)
23 March: Submission closes - remember to submit your projects before or on 1200 (GMT +8)
24 March - 27 March: Judging period
28 March: Winners announcement. All winners will receive an email notifying them of their win.
Submissions Requirements
One must submit at least a fully working prototype of their project and you will need to submit all of the following submission artefacts.
Projects should be written with at least one of following languages:
- Rust, Python, Javascript, Typescript
Failure to comply with this rule will result in an invalidated/rejected submission.
Submit the link to your GitHub repository. The repository should contain the following 4 deliverables:
- README. A write-up with no more than 500 words explaining how this tool works and why users should adopt this tool. You must include a video demo showing how your completed product works in the README. It should also contain instructions on how to build, install and run the tool or application.
- Source Files. These files can be built locally and can be used by anyone.
- License. It must be an open source license, preferably, MIT or Apache 2.0.
- Your Discord and/or X handle, so that we may tag winners in an announcement.
⚠️ Any INCOMPLETE or PLAGIARISED submission will be DISQUALIFIED.
Judging Criteria
- Innovation: How creative and impactful is the solution?
- Technical Feasibility: Is the solution technically sound and implementable?
- Scalability: Can the solution handle increasing users or datasets?
- Explanations in README: Is the README file comprehensive and provide details such as what models they use, and how to build and run the app?
Prizes
🌟 A total of USD$400 worth of prizes is up for grabs 🌟
The coding challenge will reward the best submissions with the following prizes:
1st Place will get USD$150 reward.
2nd Place will get USD$120 reward.
3rd Place will get USD$90 reward.
2 Merit Prize winners will get USD$40.
ℹ️ Note: If you are submitting a project with a team, the prize reward will be split amongst all members (e.g. A team of 2 members will have each member receive USD$100 from a USD$200 reward).
Links
Hackathon event terms and service URL
Hackathon event Rules URL
- Check that you have read the submission requirements carefully
- Just before the submission deadline, ensure that your Github repository is set to public visibility, so that the judges can evaluate your work.
There are no participants matching your criteria at the moment, but keep exploring or adjust your filters to broaden your search. The perfect team members are out there waiting for you!
Stay tuned to meet the dedicated mentors who will be available to support you throughout your hackathon journey. Get ready to receive valuable guidance and insights to take your project to the next level!
Stay tuned to learn more about the impressive panel of judges who will be evaluating your projects. Get ready to showcase your innovation and creativity!
1/ What is a hackathon?
- Hackathons are all about designing and building innovative solutions to a stated problem!
- There is no right or wrong solution in a hackathon - it is all about your creativity, technical strength and how well your project fares against the list of judging criteria
2/ Do I need to form a team to register for the hackathon?
- Teams are not compulsory - you can register as a solo hacker for the hackathon.
- However, we recommend that you work in a team (it's much more fun!). To find other hackers to team up with, explore the 'Participants' tab and reach out to individuals via their socials.
3/ I want to submit as soon as possible and 4/ Should I keep my repository public? I don't want anyone to copy my work 😢
⚠️ Please! Do not submit your project until you feel like it's the finished project or until it's the deadline. By doing so, you can keep your Git repository private. Once the hackathon ends, be sure to set it to public again. This ensures that no one will copy your code during the hackathon!