​​Welcome to the Modern Stack Hackathon

Compete for $20k in cash prizes and credits

​​​Join the Modern Stack Hackathon with Convex, [Firecrawl](<http:// https://www.firecrawl.dev/>), Vapi, Better-Auth, Autumn, Resend, and OpenAI, to build a full-stack app and compete for $20k in cash prizes and credits. Let’s see what you ship!

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​​How to participate:

​​1) Register on Luma.

​​2) Build your new app using all or any of the hackathon co-host's modern stack..

​​3) Share your app and tag us on Twitter (X) or LinkedIn @convex _dev, @firecrawl _dev, @Vapi _AI, @better _auth, @resend, @autumnpricing, @openai

​4) Submit your app to the Vibe Apps directory and select the modernstack tag before 12 PM PT on September 29th. No localhost submissions are accepted. 

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​​Hackathon Timeline

​​September 16th: Hackathon Starts

​​October 1st: App submissions are due at 12:00 PM PT

​​October 7: Hackathon Winners Announced

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​​Prizes:

​Overall winner:

• $10,000 cash
• 6 months of Convex Pro
• Resend (3 months free)
• 3 months free to the FireCrawl growth plan
• Better Auth Merch
• Autumn TRMNL e-ink display
• $1000 in Vapi credits + swag bag
• Convex Swag

​Second Place:

• $3,000 Cash
• Resend( 50% off for 3 months)
• 3 months free to the FireCrawl growth plan
• Convex Swag

​Third Place:

• $2,000 Cash
• Resend (20% off for 3 months)
• 3 months free to the FireCrawl growth plan
• Convex Swag

OpenAI Category Prize:

• Best use of OpenAI wins $5k in OpenAI credits

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Modern Stack Hackathon Cohost

About Convex:

Convex is the open-source reactive database for app developers.

About Better-Auth:

Better-Auth is the most comprehensive authentication framework for TypeScript.

About Firecrawl:

Firecrawl - Turn websites into LLM-ready data.

About Vapi:

Vapi -  Voice AI agents for developers.

About Autum:

Autum - Stripe for AI Startups

About Resend:

Resend - Email for developers

About OpenAI:

OpenAI- Building safe and beneficial AGI is our mission

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Judges:

• Jamie Turner, Co-Founder and CEO at Convex
• Moustafa Elhadary, GTM at OpenAI -
• Bereket Engida, Creator of @better-auth
• Michael (RasMic) Shimeles, DevX Engineer at Convex
• Chris Pennington, Developer Experience Engineer at Resend
• [Wayne Sutton](<http:// https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynesutton/>), Head of Community & Startup Programs at Convex
• Gergő Móricz, Software engineer at Firecrawl
• Dan Goosewin, DevRel & Partnerships Lead at vapi.ai
• Shawn Erquhart, Product Engineer at Convex
• Tanvir Ahmed, SWE Intern at Autumn

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Connect with Hackathon participants in Discord:

​​​​​​​​​​​​​Join the Convex Discord Community #hackathon channel.

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​​Terms and Conditions:

• An unlimited number of individuals and teams is allowed.
• You can join solo or as a team.
• Teams can have no more than four people.
• Only one team member needs to register here on the Luma.
• See the complete Rules & Guidelines here.

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You must **submit your app **before October 1st at 12:00 PM PT to be eligible.

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How submissions are judged:

The judges will review your app based on:

• How well you Convex and the hackathon co-host/sponsors’ integrations
• Creativity and quality of your full-stack app
• Video demo showing how you built your app, less talk, more demo
• Bonus points for social shares.
• Winners will be announced on October 7th!

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About Convex:

Convex is the open-source reactive database for app developers.

Check out our Docs to get started.

​Startups apply to join our Convex for Startups program.

​​​​​​​​​​​​Join our Discord Community, and connect with us on Bluesky, Twitter(X) or LinkedIn for updates.

​​​​Watch Convex tutorials and talks on YouTube.

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​​​​​Thanks

Wayne and the Convex Team.