Wayne Sutton

8 months ago

Zero to One Hackathon Winners

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Zero to One Hackathon by Convex, where thousands of developers and startup founders showcased their skills in building fullstack apps with Convex. The competition was fierce, with participants building applications spanning many different sectors and backgrounds. From measuring soil moisture for farmlands, to AI job finders, to apps helping people connect over food and location, it was humbling to see the many high-quality submissions come in day after day. After careful judging, we're excited to announce the winners.

Winners and Prizes

Best Overall App

• Winner: LaunchPie
• Description: LaunchPie is an application that tackles startup equity distribution in a unique way by including transparent tracking of ownership and productivity as it relates to ownership. It includes some productivity tools in addition to equity management. Check out the video demo here and the submission on DevPost here.
• Why we chose it: LaunchPie functions like a ready-to-be-backed startup on the backend that takes full advantage of many Convex features, templates, and past tutorials to showcase a functional platform on Convex.

Best Multiplayer App

• Winner: Quizzex - Realtime Quizzes
• Description: Quizzex offers fun games with other players in real time right in your browser. Choose from a selection of games, join or host an online, realtime battle, and look back on your victories! Check out the video demo here and the submission on DevPost here.

AnsellMaximilian/quizzex

Quizzex

• Why we chose it: The judge’s comment was “Clever, multiplayer, fun.” Quizzes show the value of Convex’s real-time and multiplayer features in a fun and challenging way.

Best Startup Idea

• Winner: Farmware
• Description: Farmware uses satellite imagery to provide historical soil moisture readings for farmers. Check out the video demo here and the DevPost submission here.
• Why we chose it: At Convex, when we think of startup ideas, we think of the impact that solves a real problem. Farmware does this effectively by leveraging Convex’s image storage and actions along with APIs and satellite imagery.

Best AI App

• Winner: ConvJobs - Find Jobs the better way
• Description: ConvJobs is a recruiting platform that leverages Convex Vector Search to find candidates that match search criteria efficiently. Check out the DevPost submission here.

mithileshchellappan/convjobs

ConvJobs

• Why we chose it: ConvJobs combined several opportunities into one by building an AI recruiter tool that leverages Convex features to assist recruiters and job seekers in finding a connection.

Most Viral App

• Winner: recapit
• Description: Master your memory by recapping what you learned. Check out the submission on DevPost here and the Tweet that got a lot of attention here.

jashwanth0712/recapit

RecapIt

• Why we chose it: Jashwanth went above and beyond to share recapit with his community on various social media channels. It’s a great way to get early customer feedback as well. Thanks for sharing, Jashwanth; we’re excited to see you continue to build recapit.

Most Valuable Feedback in the Convex Discord or Feedback Form

• Winner: Reece Yang of Figo Why we chose Reece: We always look for ways to improve Convex for the developer community and startup founders. We value all feedback, and Reece provided excellent feedback to improve Convex and the developer experience. Thank you. Check out their Devpost submission here.

Discord MVP

• Winner: Trace of PostIT Why we chose Trace: Thanks to Trace for being super helpful to all the hackathon participation in the Convex Discord. If there were a second place for Best Overall, it would be Trace's PostIT submission. Check it out. here

Congratulations to All Participants!

We are incredibly grateful to all participants for their excitement and dedication throughout the hackathon. We encourage you to explore new ideas and build your apps with Convex.

Thank you to our panel of judges!

• Anjana Vakil, Independent Developer & Educator
• Jason Lengstorf, Host of Learn With Jason
• Shawn Erquhart, Product Engineer
• Ian Macartney, Developer Experience Engineer at Convex
• Wayne Sutton, Head of Community and Events at Convex
• Jamie Turner, Co-Founder / CEO at Convex

We’re extremely grateful for the time and expertise of our judges in evaluating the submissions. Your insights and feedback have been invaluable in recognizing the outstanding achievements of our participants.

Congrats again to the winners! Stay tuned for future events and opportunities with Convex. Keep building, and see you in Discord!