Hackathon: Power your Apps with in-database Machine Learning!

Tutorials Competition

Contribute by writing or recording a tutorial.

How to participate

Write a blog tutorial in a Markdown file
Fork the MindsDB repository.
Create a PR with the tutorial in the docs/tutorials directory.

Rules

Here are the requirements for a tutorial to be accepted.

Make sure you resolve all of the suggestions proposed by the MindsDB team
If the PR is merged, you get the points and entry for the main prize. If you record a video, too, you will earn additional 27 points.
Make sure the application is deployed so the MindsDB team can review it
Feel free to share the tutorial on your blog, dev.to, medium, or other blogging platforms.

Integrations Competition

Contribute by adding support for new integration to MindsDB.

How to participate

Comment on the integration you want to start implementing, so the MindsDB team can assign that issue to you. If there is no issue with the integration you want to build, please open one.
Check the Build new integration docs.
Fork the MindsDB repository and create a PR with your integration.
Join our Slack community to discuss and ask questions.

Rules

Here are the requirements for an implementation to be accepted.

Fully working integration.
Tests to demonstrate that integration works
Documentation (README file)

- Description
- Required configuration
- How to run tests
If you don't commit anything within five days, the issue may be assigned to someone else.

Documentation Competition

Improve the quality of MindsDB documentation

How to participate

Comment on the issue you want to start working on so the MindsDB team can assign that issue to you.
Follow the guidelines in the contribute to docs documentation.
Fork the MindsDB repository and create a PR with your changes.
Join our Slack community to discuss and ask questions.

Rules

If you don't commit anything within five days of commenting on the issue, the issue may be assigned to someone else.
The PR must be reviewed and approved by a MindsDB team member
The issues labeled as `first-times-only` can be assigned only to the new mindsdb contributors

Integrations Competition

Contribute by adding support for new integration to MindsDB.

How to participate

Comment on the integration you want to start implementing, so the MindsDB team can assign that issue to you. If there is no issue with the integration you want to build, please open one.
Check the Build new integration docs.
Fork the MindsDB repository and create a PR with your integration.
Join our Slack community to discuss and ask questions.

Rules

Here are the requirements for an implementation to be accepted.

Fully working integration.
Tests to demonstrate that integration works
Documentation (README file)

- Description
- Required configuration
- How to run tests
If you don't commit anything within five days, the issue may be assigned to someone else.

Documentation Competition

Improve the quality of MindsDB documentation

How to participate

Comment on the issue you want to start working on so the MindsDB team can assign that issue to you.
Follow the guidelines in the contribute to docs documentation.
Fork the MindsDB repository and create a PR with your changes.
Join our Slack community to discuss and ask questions.

Rules

If you don't commit anything within five days of commenting on the issue, the issue may be assigned to someone else.
The PR must be reviewed and approved by a MindsDB team member
The issues labeled as `first-times-only` can be assigned only to the new mindsdb contributors

General Rules

You can only work on one issue at a time that you have been assigned.Once you submit the PR, you can start working on another issue once assigned. To win a prize and earn points, the PR must be submitted and merged before May 1st, 2023.

Prizes

For each contribution, you earn points which can be converted to SWAG in the MindsDB SWAG store

MindsDB will invite participants with the highest quality contributions to join the Maintainers Team.

MindsDB team will invite top-performing maintainers to the MindsDB conference in San Francisco, including the networking dinner with its founders. We'll provide free conference passes, air travel, and hotel accommodation.

Credits

Power your app with MindsDB

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ML Framework Integration

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New Data-Source Integration

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Record an NLP Video Tutorial

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Write an NLP Tutorial

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Bug Fix or Automated Test

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Docs contribution, Report a Bug, Manual Tests

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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.

Tutorials Competition

Contribute by writing or recording a tutorial.

How to participate

Write a blog tutorial in a Markdown file
Fork the MindsDB repository.
Create a PR with the tutorial in the docs/tutorials directory.

Rules

Here are the requirements for a tutorial to be accepted.

Make sure you resolve all of the suggestions proposed by the MindsDB team
If the PR is merged, you get the points and entry for the main prize. If you record a video, too, you will earn additional 27 points.
Make sure the application is deployed so the MindsDB team can review it
Feel free to share the tutorial on your blog, dev.to, medium, or other blogging platforms.

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Tutorials Competition

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Documentation Competition

Integrations Competition

Documentation Competition

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