Hackathon Website: alamedahacks.xyz
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/bZT2vKg7Ub
Ready to put your creativity and coding skills to the test?
Join us for an exciting, beginner-friendly 10 day hackathon where coders team up to build innovative projects that solve real-world challenges.
AlamedaHacks is a student-run hackathon designed to inspire creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving. Our goal is to bring together bright young minds, foster collaboration with peers in tech, and create an inclusive space for students to learn, experiment, and push their skills to the next level.
Why should you join AlamedaHacks?
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Build Something Awesome: Tackle meaningful problems and turn your ideas into functional projects.
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Collaborate & Connect: Work with other motivated students and coders
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Learn & Grow: Gain hands-on experience, expand your skills, and walk away with new knowledge, friends, and inspiration.
Come ready to innovate, collaborate, and make your mark at AlamedaHacks
Requirements
The Outline: Your submission must include (1) a short description of your project, (2) its purpose, and (3) how it works. Paste this outline into the Devpost submission page.
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Project Description: What problem are you solving? Which programming languages, tools, or platforms did you use, and how?
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Purpose: Why did you choose this problem? Share your motivation and explain why your project matters. How could it improve lives or make an impact if developed further?
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How it Works: What can users do with your project? What are the key features or user stories? Did you use any datasets or external resources?
The Demo [2–5 minute video or presentation]: Record a walkthrough showing your project in action, with an explanation of its features. Screen recordings with voice-over, slides, or creative formats are welcome. This is the main way judges will evaluate your project, so put effort into making it clear and polished.
The Codebase: We recommend using GitHub for version control and collaboration. All code must be created during the hackathon. Judges will review your repository to check code quality and authenticity. If not using GitHub, you may share your code via Google Drive or another method
Prizes
First Place
2-year VIP CodeCrafters membership (4x)($720)
Cleanshot X License (1x)($29)
$25 Art of Problem Solving Coupon (4x)($25)
NordVPN 1 Year Plan (4x)($60)
Nord Pass 1 Year (4x) ($25)
Nord Protect (4x)($65)
Incogni (4x)($100)
Nexos.Ai Credit (4x)($275)
* Note that the winners will not receive cash, only the award; this is just the cash value of the prize.
$300 Cash Prize — Sponsored by LaunchX
Second Place
1-year VIP CodeCrafters membership (4x)($360)
Cleanshot X License (1x)($29)
NordVPN 1 Year Plan (2x)($60)
Nord Pass 1 Year (2x) ($25)
Nord Protect (2x)($65)
Incogni (2x)($100)
Nexos.Ai Credit (2x)($275)
* Note that the winners will not receive cash, only the award; this is just the cash value of the prize.
$125 Cash Prize — Sponsored by LaunchX
Third Place
6-month VIP CodeCrafters membership (4x)($180)
Cleanshot X License (1x)($29)
* Note that the winners will not receive cash, only the award; this is just the cash value of the prize.
$75 Cash Prize — Sponsored by LaunchX
Participation
.xyz domain free for 1 year (100x)($15)
Interview Cake coding interview prep course for 7 days (300x)($50)
3 Month Unibee Access (300x)($27)
1 Month Bolt Pro (300x)($25)
MongoDB Atlas Credits (300x)($50)
Kognia Premium Study Plan (300x)($50)
DBAcademy Certified Database Developer (300x)($200)
DM Admin on discord to redeem
* Note that the winners will not receive cash, only the award; this is just the cash value of the prize.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Archana Rajendran
Software Engineering Manager - Meta Platforms
Nirav Kamdar
Sr Lead Decision Scientist at Salesforce INC
Anuja Agrawal
Senior Staff Engineering - Google
Krishna Chaitanya
Software Engineer - Meta
Sai Kiran Uppu
Adobe - AI-driven security and threat intelligence
Ankur Sadhoo
Software Engineer - Meta
Ashish Kedia
Staff Software Engineer - Google
Sai Charan Reddy Nevuri
Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Web Services
Nikhil Reddy Karra
Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer, Bank of America
Nihar Karra
Principal Cloud Engineer – Amazon
Tejas Pravinbhai Patel
Software Development Engineer – Amazon
Raj Jayaraman
Senior Specialist GenAI/ML Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services
Rakesh Pullayikodi
Principal Software Engineer with Palo Alto Networks
Akshay Talathi
Vice President of Software Development - Goldman Sachs
Sai Vishnu Kiran Bhyravajosyula
Principal Software Engineer - Atlassian
Yehor Chernenko
Senior Software Engineer - Uber
Pratik Gupta
Senior Engineering Leader - Stripe
Prankur Gupta
Staff Software Engineer, Meta Platforms Inc
Jas Randhawa
Senior Software Engineer at Meta
Karthik Jayaprakash
Senior Member of Technical Staff at AMD
Sanjoy Mukherjee
Principal Architect (Associate Director) at Cognizant Technology Solutions
Vennela Subramanyam
Product Manager at Google
Gautam Yadav
Sr. Solution Specialist, Deloitte US
Meghana Makhija
Senior Product Manager at Amazon
Nitish Mhalgi
Manager, Software Development at Amazon
Sandeep Pal
Principal Member of Technical Staff at Salesforce, Inc
Jayaprakash Thatiparthi
Senior Success Architect, Salesforce
Akshay Pratinav
Staff Software Engineer / Intuit
Shibashis Mishra
Senior Engineering Manager, Adobe
Vishnu Elangovan
WorldWide Specialist Solution Architect - Agentic AI at Amazon Web Services
Amit Chaudhary
Senior Solutions Architect / AWS
Ujjwal Gulecha
Member of Technical Staff - Anthropic
Gopi Mahesh Vatram
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Judging Criteria
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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