Join the Major League Hacking (MLH) team at RenderATL for Hack RenderATL - a hackathon dedicated to building technology that empowers local communities, solves real-world challenges, and creates positive change!
Whether you’re a seasoned developer, designer, product manager, or total beginner looking to see what hackathons are all about, this space is for you. You can build solo, come with a team, or form a team on-site!
This hackathon is designed to fit your schedule. You don't have to choose between attending RenderATL conference sessions and participating—hack asynchronously or use our dedicated workspace when it works for you!
Requirements
- We require all teams to submit a 2 minute or less demo video where we expect you to show us what you built.
- Your code must be available in some sort of public repository.
- Your code and video must remain public post event if you want to continue being eligible for prizes. If your repo and video are not public we will select new winners.
- Your demo video must state the name of the hackathon at the beginning of the video.
- Ex. "Hey I'm Sam and this is my demo for Hack RenderATL."
- You must have completed all the registration steps on Devpost.
- Your video must be created the day of the hackathon.
- We don't allow you to submit your project to other hackathons.
- You may not submit projects that include prior work.
- Each team can have a maximum of 4 members. We strongly encourage working in teams, and but solo projects will also be eligible for prizes.
- You are allowed to submit only one project to this hackathon.
- You must be attending RenderATL to be eligible for this hackathon.
Prizes
Best Hack for Good
Build any tool, app, or platform that benefits your community, drives social impact, or makes the world a better place.
Best Use of Render Workflows
Build and deploy your project using Render Workflows!
Winning team will receive a $250 Amazon Gift Card.
Best Use of Atlanta Open Data
Leverage local Atlanta public datasets to build solutions directly impacting the city and its residents. Hackers will win a $250 donation to the charity of their choosing.
Best Use of Gemini API || Gift card
It’s time to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI using Google Gemini. Check out the Gemini API to build AI-powered apps that make your friends say WHOA. So, what can Gemini do for your hackathon project?
Understand language like a human and build a chatbot that gives personalized advice
Analyze info like a supercomputer and create an app that summarizes complex research papers
Generate creative content like code, scripts, music, and more
Think of the possibilities… what will you build with the Google Gemini API this weekend?
Best Use of Gemma 4 || Gift card
Jumpstart your development with the official Gemma 4 Resource Hub. Whether you are a beginner looking for step-by-step tutorials or an expert optimizing 31B Dense models, these assets provide the technical foundation you need. Access our comprehensive Gemma-quickstart for rapid API integration, explore the Gemma-beginnerguide for local environment setup, and leverage the Gemma Cookbook for production-ready code samples and advanced fine-tuning techniques.
Best Use of Tiger Data || Stream Deck Mini
Building high-performance apps under hackathon deadlines shouldn't mean spending half your weekend configuring complex databases or learning obscure query languages. Tiger Data extends PostgreSQL to give student developers an ultra-fast foundation for real-time data, time-series metrics, and complex analytics.
Why build with Tiger Data this weekend?
Standard SQL Power: Query massive datasets instantly using the SQL you already know, with no complex NoSQL aggregation pipelines required.
Unified Data Stack: Store relational user profiles and high-frequency metric streams side-by-side in a single database.
Instant Dashboards: Serve lag-free, real-time frontend charts using pre-computed Continuous Aggregates.
90%+ Data Compression: Store millions of events on free-tier cloud instances without running out of disk space.
Whether you’re building real-time IoT monitoring, AI-driven analytics dashboards, or financial prediction engines, show us how Tiger Data powers your project. The team that demonstrates the most innovative, impactful, and performance-driven use of Tiger Data will take home some great prizes!
Best Use of Snowflake API || Raspberry Pi 4
Play with industry-leading LLMs on a single account using the Snowflake APIs. Adding AI capabilities into your application can be as simple as a single CURL command to Snowflake’s REST API.
Build customized applications, RAG powered chat bots, or embed AI-powered features into your app in half the time with half the hassle. Get started for free with a special, student 120-day Snowflake trial and check out this repository for an example of the Snowflake REST API in action.
Best Use of DigitalOcean || Retro Wireless Mouse
DigitalOcean offers a reliable and easy-to-use cloud platform for every stage of your project. Leverage core services like Droplets, Managed Databases, and App Platform to build, deploy, and scale your application effortlessly. Building with AI? DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI enables you to build, train, and deploy machine learning models, including access to GPU infrastructure and serverless inference!
Sign up for DigitalOcean today and get $200 worth of free credits that you can use towards building your next great hack. Build with DigitalOcean's robust cloud infrastructure for a chance to win some great prizes for you and each of your teammates!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Major League Hacking
Judging Criteria
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Technology
How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? -
Design
Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface? -
Completion
Does the hack work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted? -
Learning
Did the team stretch themselves? Did they try to learn something new?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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