Explore the Sky丨Come to TiDB Hackathon 2021 to explore infinite possibilities

—— Starting from Ti planet, Explore the Sky, how many possibilities are there in this world?

The annual TiDB Hackathon is here again!

theme of this year's Hackathon is "Explore the Sky", and it will be developed on the 2022.1.8-9 two competition days, with online and offline linkage. From the Ti planet to the firmament of the universe, we use Hacking to connect to a wider range of ecology, giving the contestants the imagination space to fully develop. In this Hackathon, we have upgraded the racetrack, and opened up the kernel, tools, ecology, and "∞", . Participants can be database developers, database upstream and downstream ecosystems, or database users. Find a suitable field and explore endless possibilities around TiDB.

TiDB Hackathon 2021 The registration will be officially opened from December 9th. Contestants can form a team of 1-4 and complete their work within the competition period. The winning team will receive bonuses, technical and resource support. competition invited well-known experts in the database field, community technology experts, top investor representatives and other super-strong lineups to serve as judges to provide comprehensive reviews and guidance on the project, eliminate knowledge blind spots, and escort the experience of the event. In addition, there are top investors who sit here all the way, so that your strength can be seen by more people. registration link: https://tidb.io/events/hackathon2021?utm_source=03

Hackathon is not a sleepless scroll, but hopes you will devote yourself and forget the time. There is no Ding Ding message reminder, and no one will come over to urge progress and increase needs. Your OKR can also be modified at any time during the collision. We hope that through a Hackathon, you can better think about your own abilities, the journey you can stick to, and I have my own goals, and I can enjoy the pleasure of moving towards my goals at a high speed.

From 2017 to 2021, from the company canteen to the six-city linkage, from focusing on the development of the go language to connecting to the TiDB ecosystem, TiDB Hackathon has been continuously upgraded, attracting the 1000 + technology enthusiasts from all over the world, including UDF engine, TiGraph, TiFlink and other hard-core projects that are widely acclaimed by the community, as well as interesting and fun projects such as TiDE, zh.md, and TiDB cockpit, take us to "play with TiDB"!

Meanwhile, some outstanding projects into Hacking Camp in , with the help of business mentors, known venture capital to achieve a layer of code and application scenarios of real ground, and encouraged TiDB for PostgreSQL, TiBigData and other outstanding projects, with TiDB Community power provides lasting vitality for the project.

Previous TiDB Hackathon scene

We hope that you will always keep curiosity and enthusiasm for this world, believe that beautiful things are about to happen, and are always willing to try and toss. Starting from Ti planet, Explore the Sky, how many possibilities are there in this world?

Exploration and breakthrough are the eternal pursuit of mankind. We look forward to meeting you in the world of code!

event highlights

🌟 Great bonus

The total prize pool of the contest is as high as 400,000. The award setting covers all directions, breaking through a single evaluation system, and for the first time an online interactive gameplay has been added, and there is a chance to win a mysterious prize;

🌟 Widening the track

In addition to the kernel, tools, and ecological track, it has also opened up an unlimited "∞" track. You can give full play to your imagination and create unlimited possibilities around TiDB;

🌟 Outstanding project landing

Excellent projects have the opportunity to enter the TiDB community to continue incubating after the end of the competition, and become real community projects;

🌟 High-quality communication

The competition invites well-known experts in the data field and community technology experts to serve as judges to provide in-depth guidance on the project, as well as top investors to participate in the selection process, so that your strength can be seen by more people;

Sincerity bonus

The prize pool is 40w+, more than 10 awards, and more than 30 teams will receive physical rewards~

Special Award

There are also a wealth of gifts around the community waiting for you

schedule

STEP 1: Submit the registration

• As of December 27
• The registration starts, as long as you are interested in coding, you can sign up, click the link view the entry guide~

STEP 2: Complete the team

• After registration-December 28
• After successful registration, you can start the team formation, find your favorite teammates to form a team, select the captain, draw up the team name, and submit the team RFC

STEP 3: Pre-match preparation

• As of January 7 (10 days in total)
• We have prepared sufficient learning materials for , 161bc027440835, professional tutors to answer questions, etc., to make your learning barrier-free.

STEP 4: Preliminary defense

• January 8 (Saturday)
• Choose one of the final contest sites in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou, and you can also enter the PingCAP Office to experience the culture of P society.

STEP 5: Final defense & award

• January 9 (Sunday)
• The finals are in full swing, and many awards are waiting for you!

track setting

• kernel group: improves the performance, stability, ease of use or function of TiDB, TiKV, PD, etc., and can also build the TiDB kernel in the cloud-native era;
• tool set: TiDB supporting tools, such as deployment operation and maintenance, data flow, cluster disaster recovery, diagnosis and visualization tools, etc., or other new ideas;
• ecological group: enriches the TiDB/TiKV/TiDB Cloud application ecosystem, supplements and enhances the support capabilities of upstream and downstream tools, platforms, and applications for TiDB/TiKV/TiDB Cloud, such as enhancing the compatibility of MySQL ecological middleware and application frameworks with TiDB , Cloud application development based on TiDB Cloud, etc.;
• "∞" group: welcomes any other Cool ideas, and there is no limit to creation! PS. Chaos Mesh fans come to see it.

Participant

With the widening of the track, the number of participants this year will also expand. Whether you are a database kernel/upstream or downstream developer, or application developer, as long as you have the skills and ideas, you can register for the show and show your code!

Participation guarantee

• We provide team support for participants, and try our best to ensure that every small partner who signs up is not alone;

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• In order to ensure the participation experience, we have prepared a wealth of reference materials and videos (and will continue to iterate based on everyone's feedback), and also invite professional instructors to answer questions and exchanges in the group on a regular basis;

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• You can also go to various social platforms to capture small friends from wild P clubs, team up, consult, exchange ideas...

We are ready and look forward to your joining!

judge lineup

This year's competition invites well-known experts in the database field, community technology experts, and top investor representatives to serve as judges. Participants can receive hard-core technical feedback and forward-looking inspiration from the perspective of investors.

The most important soul in the Hackathon competition is the hacker spirit, which is an active exploration spirit for anything interesting and technical. As long as you are willing to try, any crazy, cool, or ridiculous idea will be supported. Use the power of the team to do a GEEK thing. This is the charm of Hackathon.

Click register link or scan the QR code below to join Hackathon Geek Tour!

Thank you sponsors and partners for their strong support~