Video Tutorials Competition

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Share with the world what you or other contributors have built!


How to participate? 🏁

  1. Record a video tutorial and make it public on YouTube.
  2. Make a GitHub Pull Request to our documentation, with adding a link of it to our community-supported video tutorials.
  3. When PR is merged, invite everyone to watch it.
  4. Share it on the MindsDB Slack community at the #using_mindsdb channel
  5. Complete the form with your details and links to all your video tutorials and other contributions
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Rules ⚙️

  1. We will only count videos submitted through the form for the competition.
  2. We will use the point system to calculate the popularity of the video based on their YouTube public stats. Every watch counts as 1 point. Every like counts as 5 points.
  3. We will summarize the points for each video on the 14th of November at 9:00 AM PST so that you can have more time for promotion.
  4. The top 3 authors, whose video tutorials will get the highest number of points, are the winners. If multiple videos have the same number of points, the first one posted wins. Please feel free to submit as many videos, as you like. However, we will not sum up points from multiple videos from a single author. We’ll take just one that has the highest number of points.


📣 We will announce the winners on our Community Slack during the week of November 14th.

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Prizes 🎁

  1. The first place gets $1000 cash prize, plus MindsDB t-shirt, plus the gadget of choice
  2. The second place gets $500 cash prize, plus MindsDB t-shirt, plus the gadget of choice
  3. The third place gets $300 cash prize, plus MindsDB t-shirt, plus the gadget of choice

📣 Rewards will be paid as one-time GitHub sponsorship. Each winner can choose one of the gadgets ( JBL Earbuds or rugged outdoor speaker)

Contact us📨

If you have any questions/ideas or need to discuss your work – please reach out via our Slack


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Submit your work

Code, Low & No-Code Contributions


Contributing to open-source isn't just for technical folks who want to write code. There are lots of opportunities to use your professional skills in support of open-source projects.

MindsDB engineers have prepared several categories of open issues that are ideal for first-time contributors. It’s entirely up to you what you choose to work on and if you have your own great idea, feel free to suggest it by reaching out to us via our Slack community or GitHub Discussions.


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How to participate? 🏁

  1. Check our contributing guidelines.
  2. For code & low code contributions – make a pull request to any of our open issues labeled Hacktoberfest during the October timeframe and ensure it is merged.
  3. If you create a new tutorial (or video tutorial) you will need to make a PR to our documentation, adding a link of it to our community-supported tutorials.
  4. ‍Complete the form with your details and links to all your merged PR’s or no-code deliverables

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Contributions and Points ⭐

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  • [1 point] Docs contribution, Report a Bug, QA/UX (Manual Test), Develop an Architectural Diagram
  • [1 point] Social Media Posting (min 2 posts, points will not sum up)
  • [3 points] Bug Fix or QA/UX (Automated Test)
  • [5 points] Write a Tutorial, Case Study, or Submit a UX Design
  • [7 points] Data-Source Integration
  • [9 points] Video Tutorial
  • [13 points] ML Framework Integration


Rules ⚙️

  1. For every 10 points of contributions, you will receive one entry into the prize draw. You need a minimum of 10 points to participate in the draw; the more entries you get, the higher your chances of winning are.
  2. You can submit as many deliverables of the same type as you wish, to earn more points (except for social posting).
  3. Please make good-quality contributions. We may reject formal, nearly duplicative, low-quality submissions. No manipulations for earning points!
  4. To participate, you need to complete this form with your contact details and links to all your merged PRs or no-code deliverables. Submit the form once with all your work. You can edit responses after submission.
  5. Entries will close at midnight (PST) Monday, 31st of October.

📣 We will make the draw and announce the winners on our Community Slack during the first week of November.


Prizes 🎁

  1. The main prize draw is the awesome Razer Blade 15 Laptop powered by the top NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU, 14-core Intel i9 CPU and more…
  2. Additional prize draw – 10 audio gadgets of your choice (JBL Earbuds or Rugged Outdoor Speaker). Each winner can choose one of the gadgets.
  3. Anyone who contributes with at least 5 points, will receive a MindsDB t-shirt.

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📣 If shipping the prizes to your country requires complex customs procedures, we might provide you with their monetary value.


Contact us📨

If you have any questions/ideas or need to discuss your work – please reach out via our Slack‍


Submit your work

Integrations ideas


We believe that offering a simple way to implement Machine Learning where the data lives, can bring improvements to the design of the AI applications and their adoption. That’s why we want to hear your ideas and bring different ML Frameworks to different data sources. Currently, MindsDB supports 40+ different data sources and few ML Frameworks.

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How to participate? 🏁

  1. Create a new GitHub issue using this template.
  2. Invite everyone to upvote by adding 👍 thumbs up emoji to an issue.
  3. Share it on the MindsDB Slack community at the #using_mindsdb channel

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Rules ⚙️

  1. MindsDB team will review the ideas and label them as accepted.
  2. People will start voting 👍 on the proposed ideas and discuss further implementation.
  3. The top 3 authors, whose ideas will get the highest number of upvotes, are the winners. If multiple ideas have the same number of votes, the first one posted wins.
  4. You can submit as many ideas as you like. However, we will not sum up upvotes from multiple issues from a single author. We’ll take just one that has the highest number of votes.

📣 We will announce the winners on our Community Slack during the first week of November.

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Prizes 🎁

  1. The first place gets $500 cash prize, plus MindsDB t-shirt, plus audio gadget
  2. The second place gets $300 cash prize, plus MindsDB t-shirt, plus audio gadget
  3. The third place gets $200 cash prize, plus MindsDB t-shirt, plus audio gadget

📣 Rewards will be paid as one-time GitHub sponsorship. Each winner can choose one of the gadgets (JBL Earbuds or Rugged Outdoor Speaker)

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Have a brilliant idea of how to use in-database NLP for good?
Create a tutorial and get fabulous prizes!

New Hugging Face - MindsDB integration unlocks the power of natural language processing inside databases.
With just two SQL commands, you can extract meaning, analyze sentiment, detect hate speech or spam, and automatically summarize, translate, and convert your text data into valuable insights!  

Prizes

Create and share a unique tutorial on how to use this integration for various NLP use cases inside 70+ supported databases and data platforms and:

Get a cool MindsDB t-shirt and Wireless JBL Earbuds - for every author who publishes a unique tutorial validated by the MindsDB team.

MindsDb t-shirt

Get a 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Stand - if your tutorial reaches over 1k minutes watched/read.

Get T&E covered for MindsDB AI Conference in San Francisco. An author of the highest quality and/or novel content will get economy return air tickets and 2-night hotel accommodation (max $4k in total) to participate in the MindsDB conference in San Francisco during 2023, including a networking dinner with MindsDB founders! 

Get a full-time or part-time paid remote job at MindsDB. MindsDB team will invite the best and the most novel content authors for job interviews for the current and future open roles.

Criteria for the novel content:

  • Novel use cases (in terms of datasets and problems solved).
  • Novel data connections (in terms of data sources used).
  • Novel application of the underlying tech (i.e., using a transformer in creative ways for zero-shot classification, for instance).
Participate

Rules

  • Contest will run from December 12th, 2022, till January 29th, 2023.
  • You can make written and/or video tutorials.
  • You must get quality validation from the MindsDB team before publishing.
  • Only tutorials published on Medium or YouTube will count for the “number of minutes read/watched” prize.
  • You can submit multiple tutorials, but there will be one prize per author. Minutes read/watched of different tutorials will not sum up.
  • Tutorials must be unique in terms of MindsDB integrations and use cases (datasets).
  • You must submit this form with your details, links to your content, and stats.

How to participate

  • Check examples of written and video tutorials.
  • Check the Content Guidelines -> at the bottom of this page.
  • Join MindsDB Slack Community.
  • Post to the #competitions channel what use case, database integration, and Hugging Face model you are planning to write for*. Get the OK from the MindsDB team.
  • Create a draft of your tutorial and submit it for review to the MindsDB team via Slack.
  • After approval**, proceed to finalize and publish it.
  • Submit this form no later than January 29th, 11:59 PM PST. Collect and attach YouTube and/or Medium stats*** (see instructions) if you want to claim the minutes read/watched prize. No re-submissions after the deadline, please!
  • MindsDB will announce the winners next week after the contest deadline. Any communications or questions should be made via the #competitions channel on Slack.

Notes

* Please avoid repetitive content (in terms of integrations and datasets). Check the integrations and use cases others are writing for (will be pinned on top of the #competitions Slack channel).

** The MindsDB team will try to respond quickly, but it can sometimes take a couple of business days. Take this into account.

*** IMPORTANT! MindsDB may disqualify participants when detecting suspicious activity like using bots or similar tech for gaming the minutes read/watched. We will check your content stats to align with other engagement signals, such as YouTube likes or Medium claps, comments, traffic sources, etc. Let’s play fair and respect each other!

Submit your tutorial

Content Guidelines

Write in Second Person.

Speak to your readers directly using “you” and “your.” Avoid “we” and “our.”

Use Conversational, Business-Appropriate Language.

Ask yourself, “Would I talk like this?” Use your real-world experience, but avoid jargon

Every tutorial should have an introduction.

A good intro needs to answer such questions:
- What’s the paint point I’m addressing here? 
- What’s the solution to this problem?
- Let the user know how you’re going to teach them to solve this pain point.

Support Claims With Evidence.

For claims you make, ask yourself, “How can I prove this?” You can do this by including a link to a reputable article, or quoting another source, etc.

No Plagiarism.

Switching out a few words in a sentence is not enough to make the content original, so be sure to put everything in your own words.

Images Copyright.

You may not use images from another website unless they expressly allow it. If you need free stock images, use a site like Unsplash, Pexels, etc.

Every tutorial should have a conclusion.

This should restate the thesis of the tutorial and remind readers/viewers what they learned. It may also include other resources that the audience can reference to learn more.

Voiceover for video tutorials.

Suppose you can’t produce a high-quality studio-like voiceover in good English yourself. In that case, we encourage you to use tools like synthesia.io or similar to create a voiceover and, if you want, an AI video avatar.

Screenshots/recordings.

Please use a large font size or resolution for easy readability.

Use of logos.

Please check the brand guidelines when using logos in your images or videos. See MindsDB branding guideline here.

Publishing.

ase follow these publishing best practices, which will help you get more exposure:

  • Come up with a catchy headline and description for your content. 
  • Adjust SEO settings for better search discoverability (meta title, description, url).
  • Make an attractive Thumbnail image.
  • Add appropriate hashtags. Don’t forget to include the #mindsdb tag.
  • The first hours (days) after publishing are important to get picked up by the recommendation engines. Therefore try to pick the publishing time during the readers' peaks of online activity.
  • Share your content on social media and respective 3rd party communities whenever it makes sense.
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