Kunal Kushwaha

This webinar looks solid: fandf.co/3MC9eUd

It’s an online Kafka roundtable with people who’ve worked on Kafka for years, talking through how the project has evolved and where streaming systems are going next.

If you work with Kafka or data infrastructure and want real context from the people closest to it, this is probably worth registering for!

6 hours ago | [YT] | 41

Kunal Kushwaha

📕 Free book: fandf.co/3YtC5MU

You can get a free O’Reilly book on data engineering design patterns right now, and it’s actually a good entry point into how teams design APIs and data pipelines at scale.

The book comes from the team at Buf. In simple terms, Buf, this post's sponsor, helps teams avoid a very common problem:
- one service sends data like {name, age}
- another expects {full_name, age}
- and things break quietly.

The Buf Schema Registry is a shared place where teams define what data should look like, version it, and generate code from the same source, so everyone stays in sync.

They also build and maintain open-source tools around this workflow, including the Buf CLI for local schema development and validation, Connect RPC for building APIs, Protovalidate for enforcing data rules, and Bufstream for schema-first streaming data.

All focused on making API and data changes safer and more predictable.

1 day ago | [YT] | 82

Kunal Kushwaha

Did you know the top 3 teams will win $3,000 in cash prizes in this week’s Motia Hackathon? 🚀

Come join us to learn how to build backend systems.

Register now, either solo or in a team: www.wemakedevs.org/hackathons/motiahack25

1 day ago | [YT] | 74

Kunal Kushwaha

Most backend complexity is a choice.

🔵 The blue pill is another framework and more glue code.
🔴 The red pill is understanding how backend systems actually work.

Backend Reloaded is about learning real backend fundamentals using AI and open-source tools like Motia, and building production-ready systems from day one.

Hackathon starts tomorrow. $3,000 in cash prizes 🏆

Take the red pill, register now and hack throughout the week: www.wemakedevs.org/hackathons/motiahack25

2 days ago | [YT] | 112

Kunal Kushwaha

These two reasons helped me get selected for Google Summer of Code in my first year of college: https://youtu.be/gcEYwrSUNoo

👉 Register for the Backend Reloaded hackathon: www.wemakedevs.org/hackathons/motiahack25

2 days ago | [YT] | 85

Kunal Kushwaha

🚀 Project submissions are now OPEN for the AI Agents Assemble Hackathon!

The deadline to submit is this Sunday at 8 PM IST.

We strongly recommend submitting your project as early as possible, just fill out the form now, and you can edit or update your submission later if needed.

✅ Every team that submits a project will receive a certificate of participation.

💡 Pro tip: Share all relevant links in the sponsor fields and clearly explain how you used the sponsor tools.

👉 Submit your project here: forms.gle/tR6i9wjMgWqYEHgb8

2 days ago | [YT] | 78

Kunal Kushwaha

Fill it here: forms.gle/x54XaNkYNtg7Krui7

Fill out this short survey and get a chance to win the Meta Ray-Ban AI Smart Glasses! 👓

We’re running a quick community check-in to understand how people are contributing to open source in 2025, what you’re working on, what challenges you face, and what support you’d like.

This takes less than a minute, and your feedback helps us shape better open-source programs, resources, and community events for everyone.

3 days ago | [YT] | 63

Kunal Kushwaha

You could be the next winner of the Meta Ray-Ban AI Smart Glasses worth INR 40,000! 🎁

We’re running a survey to understand how people are contributing to open source in 2025, what you’re working on, what challenges you face, and what support you’d like.

👉 Submit now, winner will be announced this Sunday: forms.gle/KLCRVsAGiiiyi7xu5

5 days ago | [YT] | 110

Kunal Kushwaha

We’ve crossed 3,000+ registrations for AI Agent Assemble (our biggest hackathon yet)! 🚀

Feeling overwhelmed? Don’t worry! For 50% of participants, this is their first hackathon, and there are plenty of prizes to win!

With $20,000 in prizes, whether you’re joining to learn, experiment, or build something ambitious, you’ll have plenty of support along the way.

If you haven’t registered yet, you can still join us here either solo or as a team of up to 4: www.wemakedevs.org/hackathons/assemblehack25

1 week ago | [YT] | 149

Kunal Kushwaha

Important announcement, now more people can win!

WeMakeDevs is running its biggest hackathon yet with $20,000 in cash prizes.

A lot of people have been asking how to even start, especially beginners. Did you know that around 50% of participants in our events are doing their first-ever hackathon? When I was a freshman, I was terrified just looking at the Kubernetes repository but I started anyway, and that’s how I eventually became a contributor.

To make things fairer and give more people a chance to win, we’ve increased the prizes. Instead of 3 winning teams, now 5 teams will win 🏆

There’s more flexibility in which tools you can use, you can apply to multiple tracks to boost your chances, and there are non-tech tracks too like open-source best practices so even beginners can win.

And the best part: everyone who registers gets access to a private Google Summer of Code ☀️ mentorship session where I’ll answer your questions directly.

👉 Register: www.wemakedevs.org/hackathons/assemblehack25

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