SpawnFest

An annual 48 hour online software development contest in which teams from around the world get exactly one weekend to create the best BEAM-based app they can

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And finally... done DONE for 2023! 76 org. sheet actions after we started this year's edition, back in Apr '23, we closed it today. Hurrah 🎉

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This doesn't depend on the org. actually. It's the sponsors that propose different categories 👍

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We ran a survey among players, for this year's edition (SpawnFest 2023). Find below the responses and some comments by the org.

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Other comments: More sub categories

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Thank you!

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Other comments: The event itself is cool / keep up with the good work!

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It also means that for Europe, as an example, the contest starts at midnight 😃, after which many will go to sleep and only start in the morning. And since the organisers are present during the competition for whatever might arise, we believe this timespan is fair.

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Other comments: Not a huge deal. Starting at UTC means I end 10 am AEST, Monday. Which means I can't spend the last few hours due to needing sleep for work.

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100% fun 🎉

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What are your motivations for attending the event?
(multi-response)

Fun: 100%
Learn/improve my coding skills: 70%
Inspiration: 54%
Prizes: 39%
Networking: 15%

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While we were using Discord, last year, Slack is a clear better choice

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What do you think of Slack as way to communicate?

46% It worked well for us
31% Excellent
23% We didn't use it / it didn't work for us

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This is 8% up on the Excellent, from 2022.

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How would you rate the event overall?

85% Excellent
15% Ok

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Do you plan to attend the event next year?

100% Yes

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Results are finally in 🎉 Lots of cool and useful stuff came out of this year’s projects…

Check it out at https://t.co/wz1bwOFcmz!

We’d also like to again thank the contest and all the judges for their hard work with 25 projects in 4 BEAM languages: Elixir, Erlang, Gleam, LFE.

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Correction: 25 projects. 30+ was an initial number, but there were teams that either quit or submitted no code.

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Coding's done. Judges will now furiously start evaluating... 30 projects, this year. ❤️

[Filipe Cabaco @filipecabaco]

@spawnfest getting better, time to add another language?

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@spawnfest status:

spoilers while rushing to deliver my entry 🏃‍♂️