Hack the Planet Contest Winners, Announced!

In January, we announced a new hackathon in partnership with our friends at DEV. The Hack the Planet contest. 🌍

This hackathon was unlike anything DEV has co-hosted in the past. Participants were challenged to use New Relic's observability software to build applications that included monitoring features for the good of the planet. While one "random" submission category allowed participants to create whatever they wanted, two out of three submission categories were centered around climate change and the help that software can provide in the fight to save our planet.

This challenge was also unique because participants were asked to submit their projects outside of DEV. Instead, projects were posted here on New Relic's new Forem-built community, The Relicans. If you’re visiting this post from DEV today, The Relicans is a space for software developers of all levels to connect with one another and be in direct contact with the New Relic team. If you’re already part of the community, we’re so happy you’re here!

Finally, Hack the Planet was also distinct due to the sheer size of our cash prize package. New Relic doubled the cash prize midway through for a total of $20,000 in cash prizes!

We thank all of you for working with this exciting new hackathon format and becoming a member of a new community in the process. ❤️

Without further ado, let's meet the Grand Prize winners of the New Relic x DEV "Hack the Planet" contest!

Science and Observation: @leviarista

Ecological Statistics in Peru 🌎🍃📈🦙

Leví Arista ・ Feb 28 ・ 2 min read

#hacktheplanet

New Year, New Resources: @anabella

Hack The Weather! with historical weather data

Anabella ・ Feb 28 ・ 5 min read

#hacktheplanet #react #javascript

Out of this World: @csjohn1

🎙️ Climate Change Podcasting

Chris John ・ Feb 28 ・ 3 min read

#hacktheplanet

All Grand Prize Winners will receive:

• $5,000 USD gift card or equivalent 🤑
• $350 USD credit to the DEV Shop 😎
• DEV Sticker Pack ⭐️
• “Hack the Planet” Grand Prize profile badge here on The Relicans 🌈
• Their choice of eco-friendly New Relic swag, OR a donation to the Environmental Defense Fund 💚
• A tree planted in your name 🌲

And, our Top 10 Runners-Up, in random order!

@kokanek

Climate dashboard: my submission for the New Relic hackathon

kapeel kokane ・ Mar 1 ・ 3 min read

#hacktheplanet

@bobbyiliev

Hackathon Submission: Climate Clock Discussions

Bobby Iliev 🌳🌲 ・ Feb 21 ・ 2 min read

#hacktheplanet

@emma

MonarchMap: Help save the Monarch butterfly with New Relic 🦋

Emma Goto ・ Feb 24 ・ 4 min read

#hacktheplanet

@davidarce

Clean the Air 🍃 App to monitoring air quality around the world

David Arce ・ Feb 18 ・ 2 min read

#hacktheplanet #newrelic #airquality #awareness

@tonhocodes

Covid Battle

TonhoCodes ・ Mar 1 ・ 3 min read

#hacktheplanet

@darthbenro008

Earthenco - The AIR Lighthouse

Hemanth Krishna ・ Feb 28 ・ 3 min read

#hacktheplanet #react #showus

@ameysunu

Extricate- Food Wastage App

Amey Sunu ・ Feb 20 ・ 5 min read

#hacktheplanet

@imjoseangel

@saniadsouza

Monitor the single-largest producer of greenhouse emissions in the US

Sania D Souza ・ Mar 1 ・ 6 min read

#hacktheplanet

@lilliantoh

VicTrees ⚔️ Fight Deforestation Victoriously

LillianToh ・ Feb 28 ・ 3 min read

#hacktheplanet #javascript

All Runners-Up will receive:

• $500 USD gift card or equivalent 🤑
• $150 USD credit to the DEV Shop 😎
• DEV Sticker Pack ⭐️
• “Hack the Planet” Grand Prize profile badge here on The Relicans 🌈
• Their choice of eco-friendly New Relic swag, OR a donation to the Environmental Defense Fund 💚
• A tree planted in your name 🌲

Participants

All participants with a valid project will receive a DEV Sticker Pack, their choice of eco-friendly New Relic swag, OR a donation to the Environmental Defense Fund, and a “Hack the Planet” participant profile badge on The Relicans. 🎉

The New Relic team will follow up with each winner via email about their prizes, and the DEV team will do the same within two weeks.

To everyone who submitted a project for this hackathon, please pat yourselves on the back. You've created an app dedicated to saving the planet and we've planted a bunch of trees together in the process. It's efforts like these that help us all see the larger value of software development in the world we live in ❤️