Tips and Ideas for DigitalOcean Hackathon

So, recently DigitalOcean App Platform Hackathon was just announced on Dev.

I thought I'd put together this list of things of which I think will be helpful resources for anybody partaking in this.

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Background

From 10 December 2020, to 10 January 2021, DigitalOcean App Platform Hackathon will be going on. You'll have a chance to win some cool prizes for building an application using DigitalOcean's new App Platform.

There are for categories, which are

• Personal Site/Portfolio
• Build an application related to mental health.
• Build something that could become commercial and earn big bucks
• Build a wacky app that doesn't fit into any of the categories above.

You can view the full post with the rules of the Hackathon and other useful info here

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Personal Site/Portfolio

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Tips

• Video - 10 portfolio tips for web developers
• Article - 8 Ideas that Will Make your Web Dev Portfolio Website Stand Out
• Video - PRO vs AMATEUR Design Portfolio
• Article - 10 Tips for Building A Killer Portfolio Website
• Video - 5 Tips to Make Your Portfolio Better

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Ideas/Inspiration

• Folio
• Hoang Nguyen
• Obys
• EleFolio
• Abhishek Jha

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Mental health, public service, feel-good app

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Tips

• Article - How to Make Great Mental Health Apps
• Video - Making a COVID-19 Live Stats Website
• Article - 7 Tips for Creating an App to Help Mental Illness
• Article - 5 Mental Health App Ideas

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Ideas/Inspiration

• Noisli
• Mood Fit
• Covid 19 India
• Headspace
• MyLife

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Business - commerical application

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Tips

• Video - 9 small business ideas
• Article - 44 Easy Online Business Ideas
• Video - High Paying Business Ideas
• Online Business Ideas
• Video - Top 5 Online Business Ideas of 2020

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Ideas/Inspiration

• Aloe ECell
• Snackpass
• Jackfruit360
• CoachHub
• Agnikul

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Random

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Tips

• Article - Creative Coding
• Video - Custom Camera
• Article - Examples of Three.js in Action
• Video - Art of Creative Coding
• Article - Creative JavaScript Projects

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Resources

• SnapCamera
• Creative Coding - Pts.js
• Creative Coding - Anurag Hazra
• Audio Fabric
• Pathfinding Visualiser

...and there you go, a list of awesome projects, tutorials, inspiration, tips, ideas, and more to help you!

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Conclusion

If you found any inspiration from this, do let me know! I'd be glad to discuss what you all are building 😄.

I personally love DigitalOcean. I think their pricing is very reasonable and their platform is amazing.

Anyways, that's all for today. Until next time. 👋