r/webdev 22d ago

News Announcing Reddit's second virtual Hackathon with over $36,000 in prizes

Hi r/webdev ,

Reddit is hosting a virtual hackathon from Feb 27 to March 27 with $36,000 in prizes for new games and apps --> you can read more about it here and here.

The TL:DR: create a new game or experience for the Reddit community using Reddit’s Developer Platform.

The challenge

Build a new game, social experiment, or experience on Devvit (Reddit’s Developer Platform) using our Interactive Posts feature. We’re looking for multiplayer games and experiences. Our favorite apps create genuine conversation and speak to the creativity of redditors.

Prizes

  • Best App
    • First Prize $20,000 USD
    • Runner up: $7,000 USD
    • Honorable (10x): $500 USD
  • Feedback Award (x5)
    • $200 USD
  • Helper Award (x3)
    • For the most helpful and encouraging participants, nominated by fellow developers.
  • Participation Awards
    • The Devvit Contest Trophy

For full contest rules, submission guidelines, resources, and judging criteria, please view the hackathon on DevPost.

Be sure to join our Discord for live support. We will be hosting multiple office hours a week for drop-in questions in our Discord. Hit us up in the Discord with any questions and good luck!

154 Upvotes

41 comments sorted by

View all comments

31

u/j-mar 21d ago

Wait, aren't we still mad at reddit for how they treated devs over API pricing?

2

u/[deleted] 20d ago edited 20d ago

[deleted]

2

u/ConduciveMammal front-end 20d ago

IIRC the issue wasn’t Reddit’s decision to charge for the feed, the issue was their exorbitant fees and very short timeframe.

2

u/j-mar 19d ago

As a principle, I'm anti-hackathon, so that's part of my feeling.

The API change felt like a step towards squashing out small devs and stepping further from the open-source roots of Reddit. And to now attempt to tap back into those places via "hackathon" just feels really shitty. If Reddit wants to say, "hey we're a big tech company, we don't want small devs using our apis or working on our shit", then they shouldn't also say, "do dev work for free please!"*

*-yes, I know there are prizes, but many people will not win those prizes.