Life After Code is a global hackathon for developers and builders who are ready to hand the rest of the DevSecOps lifecycle to their agents. Writing the code is the easy part now. What happens next is the challenge.

Registration is now open. When submissions open on October 5th, we will share the full challenge details, including paths, prizes, judges, and resources. You will then have until October 27th at 1:00 PM UTC to create and submit your project.

Participate on your own or with a team. Registration is free, and you can decide how you enter later. Use the time before launch to find teammates and plan your idea.

What to do in the meantime? 

Meet the community before the challenge begins:

• Join the #transcend-hackathon channel in the GitLab Discord to connect with other participants.

• Browse the Participants tab to filter and find teammates

• Technological Implementation
  How thoroughly and skillfully does the project use GitLab to automate the post-code DevSecOps lifecycle? Does the code and pipeline config reflect genuine effort and a working, non-trivial implementation?
• Design
  Does the project deliver a complete, coherent end-to-end workflow, not just a technical proof of concept?
• Potential Impact
  Does the project make a credible, specific case for solving a real problem for a real audience — and does the solution actually address that problem based on what's demonstrated?
• Innovation / Idea
  How creative and novel is the concept and how inventively does it apply agentic automation compared to existing concepts?
• Presentation
  Does the video clearly demonstrate the automation running end-to-end? Does it communicate what problem is solved, who it's for, and why it matters? Is the overall presentation easy to follow?