Our DevRel @eddiejaoude ran a live workshop with @JamesSwintonDev from @ag_grid and the questions were so good we turned it into a blog series.
Part 1: get real payment data into a Next.js app (sandbox, seed data, typed SDK, secrets kept server-side).
Part 2: turns your PayPal data into a customisable dashboard.
If you’re building for the PayPal AI Hackathon, this is a solid starting point. You’ve got until Nov 12 👇
8 days remaining for the PayPal AI Hackathon.
Today's tips to help you win are...
3. Give your agent context first
Check if the sponsors have MCP servers, skills or up-to-date docs your agent can use. You'll build faster and fix less 🤖
4. Keep your team to 4 people max
Every extra person slows down decisions. Give everyone a role, and let one person own the presentation from day one.
Go sign up now, check pinned post 👆
10 days to go until the PayPal AI Hackathon finishes!
We asked people who judge, run and sponsor hackathons what actually wins. Over the next week we will be sharing their tips 👇
1. Build for THIS hackathon
Judges can tell when a project was recycled from somewhere else. Start from the theme, read the judging criteria, and talk to the mentors before you write any code.
2. Solve a problem you actually have
Keep a running list of things that annoy you. At the hackathon, pick one and fix it. Passion shows in the demo.
Full conversation https://t.co/FL4Y4SKBjC
How do you make something stand-out when the people you're pitching to only have a few minutes to spare?
With over 23,000 registrations for the PayPal hackathon so far, presenting your project effectively is just as important as the project itself - which is, funnily enough, analogous to a lot of life!
Live now tune in to hear our own @JamesSwintonDev give thoughts on this topic, along with a whole cast of fantastic co-hosts:
@eddiejaoude Developer Advocate at PayPal
Andrew MacLean Staff Developer Educator at Twilio
Colleen Lake Developer Advocate at GitLab
Claudia Cafeo 🏳️🌈 Community at Zapier
Francesco Ciulla Head of DevRel at Zerops
Aditya Oberai DevRel Lead at Appwrite
🎨 How do you give users creative control over AI images?
Tomorrow at JSMonthly London,@anxietytech shares lessons from building agentic UX at Stability AI.
Plus talks on AI code reviews, copyright & licences.
📍 @ag_grid , London
📅 29 Oct, 6 PM
We are half way through the @paypaldev hackathon with $60k+ in cash prizes ...
So I thought it would be a good time for us to talk about how to make the most out of a hackathon, plus tips and tricks!
Who do you want to hear from on stage?
Who wants to share their project and get feedback?
...?
See you Friday 30th 4pm UK time.
Dinner is on! Join the Bryntum and @ag_grid teams in San Francisco on Thursday 22 October at 19:00 PT.
Good food and a chat about grids, charts and schedulers, with seats for about 20 people.
Request a seat:
https://t.co/IDsPWOeGNC
#bryntum#aggrid
🎤 Meet your hosts on the React Advanced stage!
- @chatterboxCoder, Dev Evangelist at @twilio
- Bernie Sumption, Engineer at @ag_grid
- Jessie Auguste, Software Engineer at @n8n_io
Let's dive deep into React 🤿
📍 London & Online | 🗓️ Oct 23 & 26 https://t.co/Vy95H2rWt2
Hit 250 visitors 1 week in. Our goal with https://t.co/j2Qp1GDdv9:
- Create the best single place to find and list upcoming London Hackathons
- Surface useful data to help you decide what to RSVP to faster
- Help organisers find the right venues, partners, attendees and more
- General #Londonmaxxing behaviour
I am writing a blog about the @paypaldev and @ag_grid workshop from the PayPal hackathon, where I needed a file from a repo but nothing more.
I discovered the npm package "degit", have you used it before?
No manual file copying. No package.json edits. No credentials pasted into commands.
### 1. npx
Runs an npm package’s command-line tool without installation.
### 2. --yes
Skips npm’s confirmation prompt.
### 3. degit
Runs version 3.10.0 of degit.
degit copies files from a Git repository without bringing along its Git history or .git directory. Pinning the version
keeps the workshop instructions consistent.
### 4. GitHub path
"paypaldev/hackathon-paypal-ag-grid-boilerplate/scripts#d7fca8d6f22b84"
This identifies what to download:
- paypaldev: the GitHub account.
- hackathon-paypal-ag-grid-boilerplate: the repository name.
- /scripts#123 copy only this folder, use the files from this exact Git commit. Future changes to the repository won’t silently change.
### 5. The final scripts
This is the local destination, relative to the directory where you run the command.
Run it from your project root, and the downloaded files go into:
your-project/
└── scripts/
├── package.json
├── seed-paypal.ts
├── lib/
└── seed/
Good developer experience isn’t always a new feature. Sometimes it’s removing the fiddly steps between “I want to try this” and “it works.”
San Francisco! We're coming over!
Join us for dinner on Thursday, 22 October 💙
A bunch of our nicest team members will be there, including @SCooperDev.
👉 https://t.co/KcZ4MzpYuV
SarafuPay is now LIVE on real WhatsApp
An AI treasurer for michango: start a collection by chatting, friends pay with PayPal, everyone sees where the money went.
Try it 👉 https://t.co/yTnAvx3K6C (just say “Hi”)
or you can access on https://t.co/J8BynnYKHA
Built for the #PayPalAIHackathon @paypaldev@devpost@ag_grid@APIMatic@render
In two weeks I'm speaking at @jsmonthlylondon about Agentic UX for AI Image Generation https://t.co/OcUqOtRSEJ Shout to the homies at @ag_grid for hosting!
In two weeks I'm speaking at @jsmonthlylondon about Agentic UX for AI Image Generation https://t.co/OcUqOtRSEJ Shout to the homies at @ag_grid for hosting!