Winners Announced:
Congrats to the Winners of Our First DEV Weekend Challenge!
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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!
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Hope it helps someone submit before the deadline!
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
Weekend hackathons reveal who actually ships vs. who just talks architecture. Real constraint: Can you scope ruthlessly enough to deliver value in 48 hours without cutting corners on data validation or auth? Most 'community apps' die because devs build for imaginary scale instead of solving one painful workflow for 10 real users.
Building an app is quite a comprehensive process, it involves gathering detailed requirements, creating rapport with the stakeholders, designing and coding the solution, perform testing and then deploy to production. A mere 3 day window is too short for this challenge I think.
Wow, this is awesome! Sadly I won't be able to jump in this weekend, but I'm really looking forward to the next one — definitely counting me in for that!
Best of luck to everyone participating, I can't wait to see what you all come up with. Go crush it! 🙌
I'll see to it actually. I think I have a good idea already!
how l will see the task ??
This is nice!
I love it! I will definitely join the challenge
Is it an mobile app or web app valid?
To be hones this is really good idea
Interesting.Let me try!
Is there a minimum required age?
Hi there, you must be 18 or older. Full eligibility requirements can be found here.
lets gooooo
Is this challenge still open?
If someone notices a minor bug in their submission, can they update the repo (there is a push-to-deploy setup)? I am asking because it's past submission time.
The main issue or problem, how the community will find your app? By App Store, boards like craigslists or by browser geo-location plugin?
That's the question.
This is amazing idea! Let's build it 💪
Very good idea.
I've been working on a project but it's far to be done, there is already a link of some parts of the front-end.
Is it eligible?
Hi there, the app needs to be built during the the timeframe of the challenge.
This will be my first challenge, I am happy to participate here.
when you say app, is it a mobile app or can it be a web app/ website?
**cool bro ! **I will try my best.
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Gostei do desafio !
I wonder what app won this contest.
Link to winners is at the top of the post.