We are so excited to team up with DevCycle to bring the community a challenge all about having fun with feature flags!
Running through December 8th December 22nd, the DevCycle Feature Flag Challenge provides an opportunity to think outside the box by getting creative with feature flags. If you've only used feature flags for release management or A/B testing, prepare to unleash your creativity and discover their playful potential. Think game mechanics, interactive experiences, or even generative art – the possibilities are endless.
We have one prompt for this challenge but three ways to win.
Did we mention how fun this will be? Read on!
Judging Criteria and Prizes
All submissions will be judged on the following:
- Use of underlying technology
- Usability and User Experience
- Accessibility
- Creativity
- Additional Prize Category Requirements (if applicable)
The winner of our overall prompt (1) will receive:
- $500 USD
- 6-month DEV++ Membership
- Exclusive DEV Badge
- A gift from the DEV Shop
The winners of our additional prize categories (2) will receive:
- $250 USD
- 6-month DEV++ Membership
- Exclusive DEV Badge
- A gift from the DEV Shop
All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.
How To Participate
In order to participate, you will need to publish a post using the submission template provided. All submissions must implement a DevCycle SDK, OpenFeature Provider or the API, and have an MIT license.
Please review our full rules, guidelines, and FAQ page before submitting so you understand our participation guidelines and official contests rules such eligibility requirements.
Need Inspiration, Feedback, or Help?
You can get to know DevCycle by utilizing their docs and tutorials:
- DevCycle Docs
- DevCycle Quickstart Tutorial
- Building a Recipe Manager App with DevCycle & OpenFeature
We encourage all participants to join the DevCycle Discord Community to connect with their team and more developers implementing feature flags!
Important Dates
- November 27: DevCycle Feature Flag Challenge begins!
December 08December 22: Submissions due at 11:59 PM PDT-
December 12January 2: Winners Announced
We hope you enjoy the feature flag funhouse, and can’t wait to see what you build! Questions about the challenge? Ask them below.
Good luck and happy coding!
Top comments (24)
The last challenge was one of the most popular yet, excited to see what folks do with this one.
What a cool idea! So, basically, it is like having variables in the cloud that you can manage and then in your code you can add the logic to test features, depending on the value that has on the cloud. 🤯
If it weren't for all this study and work pressure, I swear I’d jump into this challenge right away. I really, really want to join, but I just can't right now😭😭😭
@shafayeat perhaps now you can!
Good News! Deadline Extended for the DevCycle Feature Flag Challenge.
dev.to staff for The DEV Team ・ Dec 6
I already found a fix. I had to experiment with common standards of authorizing API requests to find a way around the grave omission of API request parameters for making and viewing changes in the DevCycle API documentation - docs.devcycle.com/management-api
I will be sending a link to a gist containing a working code sample as well as mentioning this omission in my submission soonest
Hello, I'd like to request for a sample API request code containing the body and headers required by DevCycle's API.
Their docs doesn't contain any hint at all for the API request parameters except for when obtaining an auth token at the start of the page.
lets go!
All the best for all the participants 👍
Awesome!! 😎
Not sure there's enough time to iron it out, but I thought of making a digital shishi-odori as a metaphor for automatic load shedding controlled by feature flags.
We just extended the deadline :)
Good News! Deadline Extended for the DevCycle Feature Flag Challenge.
dev.to staff for The DEV Team ・ Dec 6
Good luck everyone!
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