Introducing the Apache Pulsar Hackathon 2021

Adoption of Apache Pulsar is accelerating as organizations around the world pursue cloud-native technologies. To build on this momentum, StreamNative is excited to announce the first-ever Apache Pulsar Hackathon 2021, taking place on May 6-7th. This event will give you an opportunity to:

• Engage and grow with the Pulsar community
• Generate ideas to enhance Pulsar and its ecosystem
• Drive contributions as part of a diverse group of developers and data architects

Why Participate?

Apache Pulsar is quickly becoming one of the most adopted platforms for companies looking to develop real-time data messaging and streaming applications. As a result, the community has seen an increase in engagement and currently boasts:

• 370+ Pulsar Contributors (with 150+ new contributors in 2020 alone)
• 7,400+ Github Stars
• 2,600+ Pulsar Slack Members
• 80 speakers and 1,600 registrations across 2 Apache Pulsar global conferences in 2020

At the Pulsar Hackathon you will meet other Pulsar enthusiasts and get involved in a rapidly growing technology. And did we mention cash prizes up to $5,000? Whether you’re a Pulsar newbie or expert, join us and showcase your creativity and skills.

Pulsar Hackathon Judges

We have an amazing list of judges on board and by participating you will have a chance to interact with these judges. The panel includes:

• Sijie Guo, Apache Pulsar PMC Member and CEO of StreamNative
• Matteo Merli, Apache Pulsar PMC Member and Sr. Principal Software Engineer at Splunk
• Jerry Peng, Apache Pulsar PMC Member and Principal Software Engineer at Splunk
• Arvid Heise, Senior Engineer at Ververica
• Ricardo Ferreira, Principal Developer Advocate at Elastic
• Addison Higham, Chief Architect at StreamNative

Winners will be announced live at the Pulsar Virtual Summit North America 2021, taking place on June 16-17. You can find more details on the Pulsar Hackathon below.

Hackathon Timeline (All times listed in PST):

• April 28, 2021 - Registration Deadline
• May 6-7, 2021 - Hackathon
• May 6, 9:00 AM - Virtual Live Kick Off
• May 6, 9:15 AM - 10 PM - Hacking Time
• May 7, 9:00 AM - 10 PM - Hacking Time
• May 7, 11:59 PM - Video Submission Deadline
• June 16-17, 2021 - Winners Announced at the Pulsar Summit North America 2021

Hackathon Categories:

To help inspire you, we’ve created five categories for this year’s hackathon:

• Pulsar Enhancement: adding new features, improving performance, etc.
• Pulsar + Big Data Ecosystem Integration: integrating Pulsar with other influential data systems for easy usage
• Pulsar + Flink Solution: developing end-to-end general data processing solutions based on Pulsar and Apache Flink
• Pulsar + Cloud: enabling Pulsar to run on cloud environments easily and seamlessly
• BookKeeper Enhancement: adding new features, improving performance, etc.

Hackathon Prizes:

• First-place: $5,000
• Second-place: $2,500
• Third-place: $1,000
• All participants: Pulsar and StreamNative swag

How to Participate:

• Sign up! We encourage teams up to four people. If you already have the team you will be working with and your idea, you can sign up here.
• If you are looking for teammates, ideas, or just to connect with the community, we encourage you to join Apache Pulsar on Slack (designated hackathon channel: #pulsar-hackathon-2021).
• Additionally, we will be hosting a special “Office Hours” for Pulsar Hackathon participants with StreamNative’s Chief Architect Addision Higham on April 21, 12:00pm PT. You can sign up for Office Hours here.

Submission Requirements:

• You and your team will need to submit a pre-recorded video demo of your project by 11:59 PM, PST on May 7th. The max video length is ten minutes.
• Note: You cannot use pre-existing code but you can connect to pre-existing code and build new stuff on top of existing functionality.
• You will be judged on three criteria: (1) Innovation (2) Utility / Applicability (3) Difficulty

Want to polish your Pulsar skills? We have resources to help you ramp up:

• Apache Flink x Pulsar Virtual Meetup: Streaming SQL at Uber and Facebook Time: March 16-17, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, PST
• Intro: Apache Pulsar 101 Time: March 24, 3:00 PM, EST
• TGIP: Monthly Apache Pulsar Updates Time: April 14, 12:00 PM, PST
• For more resources, sign up for our monthly Pulsar newsletter here or visit our website.

Please contact events@streamnative.io with any questions.