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Welcome to our first DEV Weekend Challenge, a short focused challenge designed to fit into your weekend. Since submission window is tight, we've set the timing to ensure that no matter where you are in the world, you'll have the majority of your Saturday and Sunday to participate.
Let's get started!
Think about the communities that are part of your life: your neighborhood, a book club, a local sports league, an open source project, or any other group that’s meaningful to you. This weekend, we want you to build something for them.
Your mandate is to build an app that serves a community you're a part of or care about. It can solve a real problem, spark a smile, or both. The best submissions will demonstrate a clear understanding of the community's needs and deliver something that genuinely makes their lives a little easier, more connected, or more fun.
All submissions will be judged on the following:
Three winners will each take home 300ドル USD, an exclusive DEV badge, and a DEV++ Membership . All participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge.
Publish a post on DEV using the submission template below. Your post should give us an overview of the community you built for, what you made, and a demo of your project.
Weekend Challenge Submission Template
Please review our judging criteria, rules, guidelines, and FAQ page before submitting so you understand our participation guidelines and official contest rules such as eligibility requirements.
Here's what that looks like across a few timezones:
| Timezone | Launch Time (Local) | Submissions Due (Local) |
|---|---|---|
| PST | Thursday, Feb 26 at 7:00 PM | Sunday, Mar 1 at 11:59 PM |
| EST | Thursday, Feb 26 at 10:00 PM | Monday, Mar 2 at 2:59 AM |
| GMT | Friday, Feb 27 at 3:00 AM | Monday, Mar 2 at 7:59 AM |
| CET | Friday, Feb 27 at 4:00 AM | Monday, Mar 2 at 8:59 AM |
| IST | Friday, Feb 27 at 8:30 AM | Monday, Mar 2 at 1:29 PM |
| JST | Friday, Feb 27 at 12:00 PM | Monday, Mar 2 at 4:59 PM |
| AEDT | Friday, Feb 27 at 2:00 PM | Monday, Mar 2 at 6:59 PM |
Winners will be announced on Thursday, March 12.
Questions about the challenge? Drop them in the comments below.
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Top comments (45)
Great challenge! I will give this a try. It will be my first challenge here.
I like these challenges. Great way to practice my skills and build projects.
I love this idea!! Going to give it some thought and try to vibe code something over the weekend.
YES ELYSE!!
Let's go!
This is such a cool idea! 🚀 I love that the prompt is community-focused—it makes the challenge feel meaningful. Already brainstorming something for my local open-source meetup. Can't wait to see what everyone builds!
Hey everyone! 👋 I built something for this challenge — ForkToPost 🔱 Paste your GitHub URL → get a ready-to-publish DEV post draft, generated by Gemini AI. Built for every dev here who codes until 2AM and has nothing left for the write-up 😅 Connects directly to your DEV.to profile.
Hope it helps someone submit before the deadline!
ForkToPost
But can any one build such an app, that helps solve a problem for a community they are in, although it just depends on how huge the problem is, and you did not mention where they will submit it how you will view it, will they build it and host it on GitHub, and later send you the link to view and judge?
Based on deadline you gave, I believe that where it is more realistic is if you have a tools you want developers to test their ability with that can generate the website based on prompt and that you can monitor
These are my humble opinion.
You'll submit right here on DEV. There's a link to a Challenge Submission Template in the post, but I think this link should work too!
I'd definitely recommend including a GitHub repo + a live demo if possible (or a recorded video).
I built a free font pairing tool for designers who are tired of guessing.
published: true
description: 100+ Google Font combinations with live preview, CSS copy, and zero signup
tags: [webdev, design, css, showcase]
The Community
I'm part of a huge community: designers and developers who struggle with font choices.
Every week on Reddit, I see posts like:
Font choice paralysis is real. And existing solutions? Static images with "Sample Text" that don't let you test your actual words.
What I Built
FontPreview.online/pairings — a free tool with:
How It Works
[Insert screenshot here]
You type your text. The tool updates all 100+ cards. You find the perfect pair in seconds.
Under the hood: vanilla JavaScript, Google Fonts API, and a lot of designer judgment.
Why It Matters
Most font resources show you pretty pictures. This one shows you your words in real fonts — so you stop guessing and start building.
Try It
👉 FontPreview.online/pairings
Feedback welcome! Built for designers, by a designer.
Hey what about an app, I built literally the last weekend. Is this eligible? Or do I need to start something fresh?
Hi there, the app needs to be built during the the timeframe of the challenge.
this is cool, with tight deadline
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