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Hacktoberfest Hack Day Cambridge x Cloudinary

OCT 01Cambridge, MAIn Person
Organized byCCloudinary

About

Let’s gather for a community-focused media hackathon that combine hands-on building, technical mentorship, and developer networking. Join our interactive “make and showcase” session and collaborate in small groups or work individually to build media-rich applications leveraging Cloudinary for AI image/video transformations, optimized delivery, and automated visual workflows.

Event Structure & Agenda

Kickoff & Prompt Briefing: Welcome participants, introduce the theme/challenge (e.g., building with visual AI, media workflows, or web performance), and share API credentials, docs, and resources.

Brainstorming & Pitch Circle: Attendees share quick project ideas, ask questions, and form teams based on complementary skills or project goals.

Hacking & Mentorship Session: Participants spend dedicated time building their prototypes. Mentors and Cloudinary experts circulate to offer guidance on API integration, troubleshooting, and best practices.

Demos & Showcase: Each team delivers a 2-3 minute live demo highlighting their project, how they handled media optimization or transformations, and what they built.

Wrap-Up & Networking: Celebrate top projects, award Hacktoberfest and Cloudinary swag, and open the floor for informal networking and discussion.

Prize Categories

2 categories
  • View Best Open-Source AI ProjectDigitalOcean

    Best Open-Source AI Project

    Exclusive Hacktoberfest 2026 Winner DEV Badge & MLH Swag Bag

    Build an original project that uses open-source or open-weight AI as an important part of how it works. Teams could create an agent skill, build with an open-weight large or small language model, or build or adapt an open-source model harness.

    Build with DigitalOceanView category
  • View Best Use of Gemma 4Deepmind Google

    Best Use of Gemma 4

    It’s time to see how much you can build with a lightweight, open model. Gemma 4 packs multimodal intelligence into an open-weights model that you can access through the Gemini API. So, what can Gemma 4 bring to your project?

    • Multimodal Experience: Work with text and images to create an assistant that understands more of what users share.
    • Focused AI Tools: Build a focused AI tool for learning, creativity, productivity, or your community.
    • Rapid Prototyping: Experiment with an open model while using the Gemini API to move quickly from an idea to a working prototype.

    Bring your idea to life… what will you build with Gemma 4 today?

    Build with Gemma 4View category