UPDATE April 8, 2025: The hackathon has ended, and winners have been determined. Thank you to all participants!
tl;dr: Join our Discord!
We invite you to build with the FartLabs community, its technology, and vibrant scientific culture. Discover what awaits beyond the boundaries of science and technology with us!
This two-week, online hackathon is your chance to create something extraordinary, connect with a vibrant community of builders, and compete for coveted prizes. Kicking off on March 23, 2025, FartHacks is open to creators of all experience levels. Whether you are a first-time hacker or an experienced programmer, this is going to be epic.
Why join FartHacks?
- Connect: Team up with talented, forward-thinking hackers.
- Learn: Attend workshops to sharpen your skills and follow your curiosity, exploring new technology.
- Create: Build projects that impress, inspire, and make people smile.
- Compete: Earn recognition and prizes for your hard work.
- Showcase: Present your project to the community. Share your findings.
- Understanding: Show that you understand the capabilities of the software you implement.
Submission guidelines
To submit a project for the hackathon, you must build a new project or an existing project with a newly added enhancement. After building an application that matches this description, please submit it here and include the following key information:
- Title
- Description of your project
- A URL to a demoable product or a video demo
We will accept submissions until 5pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, April 6th, 2025, and announce winners on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025.
Judges
- Ethan Davidson: Lead Scientist, Founder at FartLabs
- Evan Jimenez: Scientist at FartLabs
- John C Manuel: Scientist at FartLabs
- Kyle Ho: Scientist at FartLabs
Non-cash prizes
These are the accolades to be awarded to the top projects:
- Best Use of AI: Build something smart and innovative using artificial intelligence.
- Most Futuristic: Something that breaks the boundaries of possibility.
- Most Fun: Creativity and humor go a long way. We like to laugh.
- Most Practical: Real-world impact matters. Solutions that solve genuine problems get extra credit.
- Best Use of FartLabs Tech: Show off your skills by integrating technology maintained by FartLabs. Sponsor prize: FartLabs Baseball Cap.
- Ethan’s Favorite: Chosen by Ethan Davidson, Lead Scientist and Founder at FartLabs.
Schedule
- 5pm PST, Sunday, March 23, 2025: Live Opening Ceremony; live-streamed for online participants on Discord.
- March 23, 2025 - April 6, 2025: Workshops, online collaboration, and project submissions.
- April 8, 2025: Live Closing Ceremony (live-streamed); winners revealed.
Resources
Here are links and resources to help you get started.
- @fartlabs/jsonx: Cross-runtime JSX runtime and compiler library for composing JavaScript objects in Deno.
- @fartlabs/ht and @fartlabs/htx are type-safe HTML rendering libraries for composing HTML content in Deno.
- @fartlabs/rt and @fartlabs/rtx are minimal HTTP router libraries based on the standard HTTP API for declaring HTTP routers in Deno.
- Fart.css: FartLabs’ open-source CSS library.
For those who missed the live sessions (YouTube playlist) or would like to review the content, the recordings are available below.
- Opening Ceremony: YouTube playback, Google Slides deck
- ht/htx Workshop by Ethan Davidson: YouTube playback, Google Slides deck
- rt/rtx Workshop by John Carlo Manuel: YouTube playback, Google Slides deck
- Closing Ceremony: YouTube playback, Google Slides deck
Winning projects
Thank you all for participating in FartHacks 2025! Here are the winners for each vertical.
Most fun: Kusai
Kusai is an engaging anime song guessing game
designed for fans of anime music. The user interface is styled with Fart.css and
engineered using @fartlabs/htx for rendering HTML and a @fartlabs/rt HTTP
router.
Best use of AI: Fart or Art
Fart or Art uses a machine learning model trained on a public dataset to classify audio clips. Users can upload short audio clips and the application will accurately determine whether the sound is a fart or not a fart through a web interface.
Most practical: Hack Comet
Hack Comet is a platform for creating, sharing,
and managing hackathon team contracts. The contracts clarify responsibilities
and expectations, ensuring all team members are on the same page. Hack Comet
leverages ts-declarative to generate a JSON Schema validator for the contract
model. The project also utilizes @fartlabs/htx for HTML rendering and
@fartlabs/rt for the backend.
View their video demo here.
Most futuristic: Scale of FartLabs
The Scale of FartLabs, inspired by “The Scale of the Universe”, illustrates
the origins and evolution of FartLabs’ foundational concepts, highlighting how
ideas expand in scale, scope, and impact as we evolve. It leverages
@fartlabs/rt for server-side rendering (SSR).
Best use of FartLabs tech: Kusai
Kusai also earns the Best Use of FartLabs
Tech award for its innovative use of Fart.css, @fartlabs/htx, and
@fartlabs/rt to create a fun and engaging user experience. The project
demonstrates the power of FartLabs technology in building interactive and
entertaining applications.
Ethan’s favorite: Kusai
Ethan reviewed the hackathon projects and chose Kusai as his favorite project.
Congratulations and the FartLabs team will be in touch with prize information!
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