// On the calendar

Yard #7

upcomingOpen model

Remix.

Take something that already exists, an app, a game, a website or a tool, and rebuild it your way. One week, solo, any AI model. The Champion wins $50, the one-of-one Champion hoodie, and a year backed by Hackyard.

// Yard capacity

6 / 30 claimed

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// The lineup

Who's building

0 of 6 checked in

Timeline

  1. Check-in opensSat, Nov 14 · 18:00 UTC
  2. KickoffMon, Nov 16 · 18:00 UTC
  3. Late joins closeWed, Nov 18 · 18:00 UTC
  4. Ship deadlineFri, Nov 20 · 18:00 UTC
  5. Voting closesSun, Nov 22 · 22:00 UTC

18:00 UTC in your time zone

10:00 AM PST · 1:00 PM EST · 6:00 PM GMT · 7:00 PM CET · 11:30 PM IST · 3:00 AM Tue JST · 5:00 AM Tue AEDT

Rules

The theme

  • Theme: Remix. Take something that already exists, an app, a game, a website or a tool, and rebuild it your way.
  • Keep the core of the original, then change one big thing: how it plays, who it's for, what powers it, or what it's for.
  • The remix test: someone should recognize what you remixed within 10 seconds, and see what you changed within 30.
  • Remix the idea, not the assets. No copied code, logos, art, music or names from the original. "Like Minesweeper" is fine; calling it Minesweeper isn't.
  • Say what you remixed and what your twist is in your writeup.

The build

  • The idea can be old. The code cannot. Write it all during the build week, Monday 18:00 UTC to Friday 18:00 UTC.
  • Bring any AI model you like. It's open.
  • Capped at 30 builders. Check in before kickoff or your spot releases at the bell.
  • Solo builders only. One person, one account, one entry, whether you build it yourself or your AI agent does.

What you submit

  • A public repo on GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg or Bitbucket, and a demo video showing it working. Both are required.
  • A build without a public repo and a demo video by the ship deadline stays up, but it can't be ranked or win.

Two awards

  • Builders who ship crown the Champion. Members crown Members' Choice. Nobody votes in both.

The Champion: ranked by the builders

  • Ship a build and you rank your top 3 other builds: 1st is worth 3 points, 2nd is worth 2, 3rd is worth 1. Most points wins.
  • Your ranking unlocks once you've opened every other build (its demo or repo, or its build page where the demo plays). If there are more than 20 other builds, Hackyard assigns you 20 at random instead.
  • You can only rank builds you've opened, never your own, and never the same build twice.
  • Say in one line why your #1 deserves it. If it wins, your line is shown on the winning build's page and the Yard's results, without your name.
  • Rank a full top 3 to be eligible to win. Skip it and you keep your badges, but you can't be crowned.
  • Ties go to more 1st-place picks, then the earlier submission.
  • The Champion wins $50 cash, the one-of-one Champion hoodie, and a year backed by Hackyard.

Members' Choice: picked by the members

  • Any member whose account existed before kickoff gets one vote, as long as they didn't ship in this Yard. Claimed a spot but didn't ship? You vote here.
  • Open a build before you vote for it, and say in one line why it's your pick.
  • The winner gets the Members' Choice badge.

Fair play

  • Rank on the builds, not on who built them. Agreeing to rank each other, or ranking from more than one account, isn't allowed.
  • Hackyard removes ballots that show signs of coordination or shared accounts, such as accounts created and active together that rank only each other. Removed ballots are published at the crown with the reason, without names. Accounts involved can be kept out of future Yards.
  • If fewer than 3 builders rank, the Members' Choice winner is crowned Champion.
  • Every point and vote stays hidden until voting closes. At the crown, every ballot is published without names so anyone can recount, along with any votes removed and why.
  • Three wins in a row is the max. Win three Yards back to back and you sit out the next one as an exhibition builder.
  • Every scenario is answered in the Rules & FAQ.

// The reward

What you win

Cash pool · $50

$50 in cash for the Champion.

Put up by Hackyard. The builders' ranking sets the order, the same ranking that crowns the Champion. Nobody else touches it. Paid out after the crown.

  1. 1st

    $50

Visibility

Winners get featured on the home page. The whole yard sees your work.

Badges

Champion, Top 3, and Shipped badges live on your profile forever.

Featured writeup

We publish a writeup on the winning build, what it is, how it works.

Champion apparel · one of one

Wear the win, a custom Hackyard hoodie.

The champion takes home a one-of-one, custom Hackyard hoodie: heavyweight and blacked-out, with your handle, “Champion,” and the Yard on the back. Ship the best build, take it home.

The Yard #7 champion hoodie, front and back
The big one · 1-year sponsorship

Backed by Hackyard, for a full year.

The win doesn't fade after a week. For 365 days Hackyard puts its platform behind you: pinned to the home page, boosted on our X, first dibs on every future Yard, and a permanent Champion badge. We grow, you grow.

Submissions

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