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We want you to build the next Git platform on Cloudflare

217 points · 200 comments · geoffbp

  1. camcil · · focus · HN ↗
    $25k to build the next GitHub for $125B company? How generous.
    1. robot_jesus · · focus · HN ↗
      And not even cold hard cash but “Cloudflare credits.”

      What an offensive slap in the face.

      1. Rapzid · · focus · HN ↗
        It's SCRIP!!!
      2. b3lvedere · · focus · HN ↗
        I”m so sick of all these weird credits and points. Can’t pay food or bills with it.
        1. wyre · · focus · HN ↗
          Technically, you can pay your Cloudflare bill with it...
          1. b3lvedere · · focus · HN ↗
            Woohoo
      3. Topfi · · focus · HN ↗
        And only if you are a US or Canadian citizen/team and doubly so only if you use a permissive license like MIT, Apache-2.0 or BSD-2/3. Having even a moderate degree of control over your project is too much to ask for. But you do get a dinner, which might make it all worth it.

        Tone deaf to the nth degree.

        1. HotHotLava · · focus · HN ↗
          You get a dinner, but not even an all-inclusive travel package while you're there.

          This is basically aimed at AI startups who are in SF anyways and need a platform for marketing. So no shortage of contestants.

          1. gritzko · · focus · HN ↗
            A hero hacking for free food and a chance to swap Cloudflare credits for stolen goods on the black market. That is W.Gibson's original cyberpunk spirit.
    2. Rapzid · · focus · HN ↗
      The whole thing seems a bit uncouth. I get a real gross feeling from it.
    3. mannanj · · focus · HN ↗
      I agree that the compensation was a miss.
      1. tomlis · · focus · HN ↗
        I really hope that was a purposeful understatement.
        1. mannanj · · focus · HN ↗
          Yes it was. I like Cloudflare as a company - and I don't want to say mean things about them.
    4. ttul · · focus · HN ↗
      That was my reaction. I was expecting, "The winner receives $500,000 in cash, $1M in Cloudflare credits, and an introduction to our venture team."
      1. cgio · · focus · HN ↗
        Or at least an employment offer!
    5. gkoberger · · focus · HN ↗
      They don't want to own the next GitHub. They want people to build the next GitHub on Artifacts (and pay Cloudflare for storage and compute).

      I don't have a strong opinion here, but giving away compute as a prize for hackathons isn't anything new.

      1. iugtmkbdfil834 · · focus · HN ↗
        Well, kinda, but usually the compute is given away as part of the hackaton. Even AWS hackaton did expect you to buy AWS credits..
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      2. Perepiska · · focus · HN ↗
        - how to make feature in cheap and fast way? - get weekend, buy pizza for $500 and call it "hackathon".
    6. tchalla · · focus · HN ↗
      On brand for Cloudflare which is typically a cheap company.
    7. linsomniac · · focus · HN ↗
      Isn't the primary compensation for building the next GitHub the ownership of the next GitHub?
      1. Lt_Riza_Hawkeye · · focus · HN ↗
        okay but they require you to use a permissive license so they can just take all your work
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