- Time: 5-10pm
- Hacking Period: 5:30pm → 8:30pm
- Prize: 1st Place - Airpods + Subscription(s)
- Website: hackdataforge.com
Follow the submission format in the Submission file.
View an example submission.
Examples:
- An API gateway that auto-generates API docs and adds simple auth/rate limiting via YAML config
- A service that monitors API changes and alerts on breaking changes by comparing OpenAPI specs
- A service that merges multiple Swagger/OpenAPI specs into a single unified API documentation
Examples:
- A data lineage tracker that automatically maps data flows between services
- A PII detection and masking service for API responses
- A tool that generates fake but realistic test data based on production schemas
Examples:
- A postman-like tool that records and replays API interactions for testing
- A development proxy that simulates network conditions and failure scenarios
Examples:
- A real-time API performance monitoring dashboard
- An error pattern detection system for API logs
- An anomaly detection system for API usage patterns
Examples:
- An AI sales assistant that helps with lead qualification and follow-ups
- A runway calculator that helps startups forecast cash flow and burn rate
- A revenue forecasting tool that analyzes historical transaction data
- Does it solve a real problem? (DOES NOT NEED TO BE A BUSINESS)
- Novel approach to solving the problem
- Impressive technical achievement
- Compelling demo
- "I wish I had thought of that" reaction
- "How did you build that in 3 hours?"
- Clear documentation and setup instructions
- Ready for community involvement
- Weird Tech Stack
- Creative use of unexpected technologies
- Interesting integration of different tools
- Novel combination of programming languages
3 minutes
- Show a simple use case with your tool (does not need to be production ready)
- Hack the demo if you want but tell us what you hacked
- (Optional) Show us how you built it
- Andy (Laminar)
- Alexey (Unified)
- Mark (Shakudo)
- Sahand (NotificationAPI)
- Om (3rd Party)