Modern Stack Hackathon
Welcome to the Modern Stack Hackathon
Compete for $20k in cash prizes and credits
Join the Modern Stack Hackathon with Convex, Firecrawl, 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!
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.
Hackathon Timeline
September 16th: Hackathon Starts
October 1st: App submissions are due at 12:00 PM PT
October 7: Hackathon Winners Announced
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
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
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, 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
Connect with Hackathon participants in Discord:
Join the Convex Discord Community #hackathon channel.
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.
You must submit your app before October 1st at 12:00 PM PT to be eligible.
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!
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.