Over the past decade, we’ve seen a huge industry-wide shift to container based web-hosting, allowing for more affordable and accessible launches for startups. While exciting, this growth has given rise to issues involving container security- issues that developers are often ill-equipped to handle on their own.

In this hackathon, you can create any kind of web-app that you like. Whether your idea is a microservice, a social platform, an analytics tool, a browser game, or anything in between, your app is eligible to win cash prizes. All we ask is that your app is original and containerized, and that you use our free Slim.AI platform in your development process. An important part of our scoring criteria will be how secure and production ready your app is. With the Slim.AI platform, you can automatically optimize your OCI compliant containers and remove unnecessary dependencies that may contain critical vulnerabilities. 

 

Get started

Log into our hackathon’s discord channel (https://discord.gg/BmT5hRrZp6) to join the discussion. This is where you can get questions answered, find mentors to help you think through specific topics, and come up with new ideas related to our organization. It will also be possible to find teammates through the devpost platform and filter people by interests and skill sets.

Requirements

What to Build

Build an original OCI compliant containerized application. Use the Slim.AI platform in your development process (refer to the rules for more details).

What to Submit

  • Link to a GitHub public code repository containing all of the code for your app with an Apache 2.0 or MIT license included. You will find these licenses are easy to acquire in your GitHub account. 
  • Link to your container on the Slim.AI platform (https://portal.slim.dev/login - see instructions in resources tab) 
  • A README.md showing the steps to running your app, and a detailed explanation of the process you went through to secure your container (vulnerability scans, hardening steps, etc), and any other necessary documentation. Newly created (rather than existing) projects will get preference in scoring. 
    • README should include:
      • The problem your app is solving and how it works
      • How does it run
      • Security assessment of the app 
      • Add a link to public container (send us a link to the public container profile from the Slim.AI Platform)
      • Bonus: Add to a collection (how to in Resources) 
  • 3-5 minute demo video showcasing your app.

Recommendations

  • Provide vulnerability scan reports with (recommended scanners) in your README.md of your hardened and unhardened containers
  • Use Slim.AI Platform to compare and analyze your containers
  • The optimize command available on the Slim.AI Platform is our preferred method for container minification and hardening, but the Dockerslim CLI build command can be used as well

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Prizes

$5,000 in prizes
Grand Prize
1 winner

- $3000
- The Grand Prize will be awarded to the project that scores the highest in the four main judgment categories.

Runner Up
1 winner

- $1500
- The Runner Up Prize will be awarded to the project that scores the second highest in the four main judgment categories.

Creativity Prize
1 winner

- $500
- The creativity prize will be awarded to the highest scoring project in the Quality and Creativity criteria that did not also win another prize

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Dani Llewellyn

Dani Llewellyn
Microsoft MVP

Hayden Barnes

Hayden Barnes
Senior Open Source Community Manager, Determined AI

Monica Ayhens-Madon

Monica Ayhens-Madon
Developer Advocate & Community Representative

Simon Butcher

Simon Butcher
Head of Research Platforms, Queen Mary University of London

Martin Wimpress

Martin Wimpress
Head of Community, Slim.AI

Eric Nantz

Eric Nantz
Creator, Host & Producer, The R-Podcast

Jorge Castro

Jorge Castro
Community Manager, Stacklet

Judging Criteria

  • Technological Implementation and Complexity
    Is your code well organized and implemented? Does the interaction with Slim.AI demonstrate quality software development?
  • Security
    Is your container secure? Did you follow container best-practices? Did you effectively harden your container?
  • Quality and Creativity of the Idea
    How creative and unique is the app? Does your app solve a problem? Is your app original?
  • Design
    Is the user experience well thought out? Is the app easy to use and intuitive?

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