Debugger

*AI Engineering *Software Development*Cyberpunk*

[Thandubuntu @Solphendukaa]

This one was in tune .

[Debugger @Geek_lebo]

@Paballooooooo They suit you so much.

[Miracle @Moon_strk]

July 2026 Hackathon List

🏆 Big Prizes

> AI WARS: WEEX Alpha Awakens by @WEEX_Official
$1,880,000 prize pool
AI x Crypto competition + hackathon

> Build with Gemini XPRIZE by @XPRIZE x @GeminiApp
$2,000,000, closes Aug 17
[https://t.co/TduPOVzk3Y]

> @Solana Summer Camp by @colosseum
up to $5M in prizes + seed funding, July 11 to Aug 16
Payments, DeFi, Web3, Gaming, DAOs, Mobile
[https://t.co/i7T8gKhZhx]

> @SuiNetwork Overflow 2026
$500,000+, closes August
DeFi, consumer apps, infra, AI x Sui
[https://t.co/hGftrll0ku]

⛓️ Web3 & Blockchain

> AdventureX 2026 by @adventurex_plan
$150,000+, July 22 to 26, Hangzhou
China's largest, @injective co-host. 800+ hackers
[https://t.co/mat4xD3iiO]

> @Algorand Global x402 Challenge
$100,000 + 500,000 ALGO, opens mid-July
[https://t.co/siurnhcTOP]

> @arc Hackathon: Programmable Money
starts July 13, 7-week program
DeFi, enterprise finance, agent economies on Arc L1
Search "Arc Hackathon July" on X

> @chainlink Convergence
$120,000+
Confidential compute, CRE, enterprise x Web3
[https://t.co/UXwFFa4e5K]

> Common S3nse by @taikainetwork
ends Sep 5, registration open
Blockchain, privacy, defense/security, crypto
[https://t.co/w81BMkoqV2]

> CROO Agent Hackathon on @DoraHacks
$10,000+, closes July 12
Agent-to-agent systems and autonomous workflows
[https://t.co/PDNllG7Kl7]

> ETH Lima Hackathon 2026 by @EthereumLima
registration open
Build on Arbitrum, connect with the community
[https://t.co/6Rn68T1wtF]

> Ethereum Uruguay 2026 on @DoraHacks
$1,500, July 24 to 25, Montevideo
[https://t.co/edzRPipnxg]

> @ETHGlobal Lisbon 2026
$125,000+, July 24 to 26, Lisbon
[https://t.co/p8jybUs1F3]

> HackIndia Web3 Hackathon 2026
registration open
Dedicated pure Web3 track
[https://t.co/oT5AqCNs76]

> Indonesia Web3 Hackathon 2026 by @BinanceAcademy x @BNBCHAIN
$5,000, registration open
AI Agents, Finance, Consumer Apps. Free, online
[https://t.co/hRgdpGFWFg]

> The @injective Global Cup on @HackQuest_
$1,000 USDT, July 3 to 19
World Cup tools: x402, USDC CCTP, MCP Server, Agent Skills
[https://t.co/g06Gtv80f1]

> @KeeperHubApp Agents Onchain Hackathon
$5,000, closes Aug 13
[https://t.co/edzRPipnxg]

> MUBAHackathon by @muba_2026_
up to $7,000, online Aug 26 to Sep 6, free
Malaysia University Blockchain Association

> @OKX AI Genesis Hackathon by @XLayerOfficial
$100,000, live now
Build an Agent Service Provider for https://t.co/SVusB2jzML

> @Solana x402 Hackathon
up to $20,000
Autonomous agents, agent-to-agent payments, MCP servers
[https://t.co/dmVfcQuzMq]

> @Tether_to Developers Cup on @DoraHacks
$8,000, around July 14
[https://t.co/WGyH4dZMYP]

> Web3 Hackfest: Unlimited Hacker, @NEARProtocol-backed
$22,000+, registration open
DeFi, NFT, Gaming, Metaverse, DAO, Web2-to-Web3
[https://t.co/wOs0hKaH2G]

🤖 AI & Agents

> @AMD Developer Hackathon: ACT II on @lablabai
$15,000, closes July 11
[https://t.co/CtayoUrqE1]

> @Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge
runs into August
[https://t.co/XrPZfK0j3U]

> @Backblaze Generative Media Hackathon
Build with Genblaze on B2
[https://t.co/sMml53nwjz]

> @CockroachDB x @awscloud Hackathon
Build with Agentic Memory
[https://t.co/ANhwlwj96Z]

> @DataHubCloud Agent Hackathon
$20,500, July 6 to Aug 10
Four challenge categories, build on DataHub open source

> @encodeclub Commit to Change: AI Agents Hackathon
$30,000, starts July 13, 7 weeks
Build AI agents. Powered by Comet, credits from Google & Vercel, mentorship
[https://t.co/2hLRduwfq6]

> Ignyte
$25,000, closes July 13
[Register via newsletter link]

> India Agentic AI Open Hackathon by @OpenHackathons
June 26 to July 25
[https://t.co/u7At80FqyB]

> Kaya AI IIT India Hackathon 2026
₹350,000, closes July 10
[https://t.co/XrPZfK0j3U]

> Lepton Agents Hackathon by @thecanteenapp x @circle
$50,000, closes July 6
AI agents + nanopayments + USDC settlement on Arc/Circle
[https://t.co/lxW58GCEAC]

Tell me what you'd work on. Too many to fit in one post. Continued below 👇

[Deep Note @1DeepNote]

9 Netflix Documentaries That Can Change The Way You Think

1. Stutz

[Roninxx @kenn_ronin]

July 2026 Hackathon Tier List

the builder window is wide open this month

ranked by prize, influence, urgency, and who's backing it

S TIER

Build with Gemini XPRIZE - $2,000,000 (Aug 17)
> https://t.co/mIxrMAMYFq

Algorand Global x402 Challenge - $100,000 + 500,000 ALGO (opens mid-July)
> https://t.co/u26tiQnXZU

A TIER

Casper Agentic Buildathon - $150,000 (July 7)
> https://t.co/o130Tfqzjy

ETHGlobal Lisbon 2026 - $125,000+ (July 24-26, Lisbon)
> https://t.co/zVFSpm0mUr

The OKX AI Genesis Hackathon is live
> https://t.co/iuPyBEAHNC

B TIER

Global AI Hackathon Series with Qwen Cloud - $70,000+ cash + cloud credits (July 9)
> https://t.co/EGaBisTZ7S

Slack Agent Builder Challenge - $42,000 (July 13)
> https://t.co/lwUgTB6GWq

Reddit's Games with a Hook Hackathon - $40,000 (July 15)
> https://t.co/Mg1hjlF5cf

Build with the Pinch Payments API and compete for $50,000 cash
> https://t.co/MjERLAxYda

The Rice University Urban Sustainability Hackathon - $17,500, US only
> https://t.co/4LOdTT9ji0

C TIER

VSLive! Microsoft AI Hackathon 2026 - reported $25,000 (July 28-29, Microsoft HQ)
> https://t.co/U5OrumTwIo

AMD Developer Hackathon: ACT II - $15,000 (July 11)
> https://t.co/BQXgcJE1Rn

Kaya AI IIT India Hackathon 2026 - ₹350,000 (July 10)
> https://t.co/3TuYH41bQD

Africa Deep Tech Challenge - $16,500
> https://t.co/S2HcvKsEJl

CockroachDB x AWS Hackathon - Build with Agentic Memory
> https://t.co/LbpAbc931c

Backblaze Generative Media Hackathon: Build with Genblaze on B2
> https://t.co/Crd06oDIcH

D TIER

Tether Developers Cup - $8,000 (around July 14)
> https://t.co/SgSZJtf7Ct

KeeperHub Agents Onchain Hackathon - $5,000 (Aug 13)
> https://t.co/uesMb0Fenv

India Agentic AI Open Hackathon (June 26-July 25)
> https://t.co/6dwYb9JBFi

Ethereum Uruguay 2026 Hackathon - $1,500 (July 24-25, Montevideo)
> https://t.co/uesMb0Fenv

Midnight Virtual Hackathon (July 17-19)
> https://t.co/y1CGcJ8Aib

Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge (runs into August)
> https://t.co/3TuYH41bQD

AWS All Builders Welcome Grant - re:Invent pass, airfare, hotel, access (July 14)
> https://t.co/5wj0YorgAj

OpenAI Foundation People-First AI Fund - $50M committed fund (July 15)
> https://t.co/XG7sWqnnRl

AWS Activate - startup credits + cloud support (rolling)
> https://t.co/ChtyQKbCuq

Gitcoin / DoraHacks / Superteam bounties - rolling ecosystem work
> https://t.co/M7MYwseU1X
> https://t.co/uesMb0Fenv
> https://t.co/TipLkccQUh

best month for AI agents, onchain agents, x402 payments, and real founder-style builds

who's ready to win?

[TensorTonic @TensorTonic]

If you want to actually understand LLMs (not just use them), read these in order:

1. Attention Is All You Need (transformers)
2. GPT-2 (scaling + zero-shot)
3. Scaling Laws (Kaplan, 2020)
4. GPT-3 (few-shot)
5. Chinchilla (how much data you actually need)
6. InstructGPT (RLHF, why ChatGPT works)
7. LoRA (fine-tuning without going broke)
8. FlashAttention (why it's fast)
9. Chain-of-Thought (reasoning)
10. DPO (RLHF without the pain)

[Born-in-SA🇿🇦 @_Tee__G]

Good news for South Africans. 🇿🇦

You do not need to own a motorcycle to qualify for a scooter delivery job.

RTT has partnered with Honda Motorcycles to offer a 3-year rent-to-own programme at a cost of just R350 per week.

The next step is for South Africans to acquire their motorcycle licences so they can take advantage of these employment opportunities. 🇿🇦🏍️✊🏽

[Debugger @Geek_lebo]

@sarvagya_kul I need one myself.

[Kunal Kushwaha @kunalstwt]

How do you transition an AI prototype from a weekend project into a secure, production-grade application without drowning in skyrocketing API bills? You don’t want to spend $500m a month on Claude bills like that one company…

I have been tinkering with the @Microsoft AI Foundry lately. It provides a unified platform to deploy and govern your agents.

1️⃣ Right inside VS Code, the Microsoft Foundry Toolkit lets you swap out models like Claude, GPT, or Llama with zero changes to your actual application code, eliminating vendor lock-in.

2️⃣ For data grounding, Foundry IQ securely connects your files or databases to your agents. It automatically respects enterprise permissions out of the box, so you don't have to build fragile, custom retrieval pipelines from scratch.

3️⃣ The Model Router analyzes prompts in real-time, dynamically sending simple tasks to cheaper, faster models while reserving expensive models for heavy reasoning. This optimization can cut your inference costs by up to 85%.

You can grab the Microsoft Foundry extension in the VS Code Marketplace and get started using the link in the comments!

Sponsored by Microsoft.

[Global Relocation Guide @_AustriaUpdates]

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

Bologna university italy 🇮🇹 is offering FULLY FUNDED scholarships for bachelors and masters without application fee and without IELTS

Who want to apply?

[Debugger @Geek_lebo]

@SegodiTlour Females in males dominated fields.

[Limitless @trylimitless]

Limitless is hiring:

- PR Lead (Chinese-speaking Markets)
- Football Social Media Manager
- Senior Full-stack Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer
- Content Specialist

Only limitless people are allowed to apply

References are welcome

[Venture Launch @venture_launch]

⚫️ $2,000,000 Build with Gemini XPRIZE by @Google

90 days to build a real AI business with Gemini.

~ Top 5 pitch live in LA for $1M
~ Full Google stack: Gemini, Antigravity, Cloud Run, AI Studio
~ $300 in Google Cloud credits + $100 AI Ultra bonus

Submit before August 17 👇

[Suraj Sharma @suraj_sharma14]

5 Hackathons You Should Apply to in July 2026

1.) MLH Global Hack Week: Season Launch
July 10–16 | Online
Kick off the 2027 MLH season with a week of building, workshops, and challenges.
https://t.co/Qq0HyD3BIv

2.) Reddit's Games with a Hook Hackathon
Deadline: July 15 | Online
Build a game on Reddit using Devvit.
$40,000 prize pool.
https://t.co/bk0cpLO2ez

3.) Hack the 6ix
July 17–19 | Toronto, Canada
One of Canada's biggest student hackathons.
https://t.co/eNGjDxHNOj

4.) Qwen Cloud Global AI Hackathon
Apply by July 9–10 | Online
Build AI agents and AI-native applications with Qwen Cloud.
https://t.co/7QsOb6p3GW

5.) Browse the MLH 2026 Hackathon Calendar
Find hundreds of upcoming hackathons happening worldwide.
https://t.co/sj3HgIjUe8

[Born-in-SA🇿🇦 @_Tee__G]

‼️Checkers 60 is hiring Food Delivery Drivers. 🏬

Submit your CV at your nearest Checkers store.

Spread the word, Patriots. 🇿🇦
Retweet and help someone find an opportunity.

[SewelaNkoana @sewelankoana]

❗️❗️❗️JOB ALERT. Please RT🙏

To our fellow unemployed brothers🇿🇦 I saw this video on tik tok and took it upon myself to verify the information.i spent 5 minutes speaking to a lady called Andrea.she confirmed that indeed they looking for 300 truck drivers and only South Africans🇿🇦

Requirements:
Code 14 driver’s license
30yrs+
6yrs experience
Email: [email protected]

Type of trucks:
Ton trucks
Heavy duty trucks

[Sebastian Raschka @rasbt]

After 18 months of writing, coding, and experimenting, Build a Reasoning Model (From Scratch) is
finally out!

My first copies just arrived! 📚

440 full-color pages. Inference scaling, reinforcement learning, and distillation from scratch.

[Brother_Outsider @_Lindo_G]

AboGogo bethu, this is why bacula exactly like this.

[HALO | CAREER SPECIALIST @Halosznn_]

A lot of remote workers are sleeping on Discord, it’s not just for gaming.

This morning alone, I found 15 Discord communities packed with job opportunities, recruiters, founders and hiring managers from around the world.

Here are 15 Discord communities worth joining 👇

[Phosphen @phosphenq]

this is f*cking dangerous

a 44-page paper from a cmu professor says almost nothing you call an "ai agent" is actually an agent, it's all just scaffolding

bookmark it before it ruins every agent demo you watch, thank me later & the loop playbook is below.