Developers, builders, and makers — welcome to the first Gitcard Weekly Challenge.

GitCard: https://gitcard.io

This week's challenge is simple:

🎯 The Challenge

Build a small application, tool, website, API, automation, or AI project that solves an annoying everyday problem.

It can be something that saves time, automates a repetitive task, helps people make better decisions, improves productivity, or simply makes life easier.

Your project does not need to be huge.

A small project that solves one problem really well can win.

Examples

You could build:

• An AI email organizer
• A smart grocery-list generator
• A browser productivity tool
• A meeting summarizer
• A personal finance utility
• A developer productivity tool
• A scheduling assistant
• A simple accessibility tool
• An automation that eliminates a repetitive task
• Something completely different

Creativity is encouraged.

📅 Challenge Period

Starts: August 17, 2026
Submission Deadline: August 23, 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time

🏆 Prize

The winning project will receive a free Gitcard and will be featured by Gitcard.

This is the first of what I hope becomes a recurring series of weekly developer challenges.

How to Enter

1. Build Your Project

Use any programming language, framework, platform, API, or technology you want.

AI-assisted development is allowed.

Your project should be functional enough for someone else to understand what you built and why it is useful.

2. Publish Your Code on GitHub

Your project must have a GitHub repository.

Include a README explaining:

• What the project does
• The problem it solves
• How to run or test it
• Technologies used
• Screenshots or demo link, if available

3. Create Your Gitcard Profile (gitcard.io)

Go to Gitcard.io and create your developer profile.

4. Add the Project to Your Gitcard

Add your challenge project to your Gitcard profile and include the GitHub repository.

Your Gitcard project should clearly explain what you built.

5. Identify Your Submission

To make sure I can find your entry, include:

Dev.to Challenge #1 — [date project was posted on Gitcard]

For example:

Dev.to Challenge #1 — August 21, 2026

Put this in one of these two places:

Option A: Comment on this DEV.to post with your Gitcard project/profile link.

OR

Option B: Add the phrase above to your project's description on Gitcard.io.

You can do both if you'd like.

This lets me identify your challenge submission and contact you about the result.

✅ Submission Checklist

Before the deadline, make sure you have:

• A working project
• A GitHub repository
• A Gitcard.io profile
• Your project added to your Gitcard
• Your GitHub repository connected to the project
• Dev.to Challenge #1 — [date] included in your DEV.to comment or Gitcard project description

🔍 How Projects Will Be Judged

Projects will be evaluated primarily on:

1. Usefulness
Does it solve a real problem?

2. Execution
Does the project actually work?

3. Creativity
Is the solution interesting or different?

4. Simplicity
Does it solve the problem without unnecessary complexity?

5. Presentation
Can someone quickly understand what you built from your GitHub repository and Gitcard project?

You don't need the most complicated application to win.

A clever, polished solution to a small problem can beat a huge unfinished project.

Who Can Participate?

Everyone.

Beginners, students, professional developers, indie hackers, AI developers, vibe coders, and experienced engineers are all welcome.

You may participate individually or as a team.

One Rule Above Everything Else

Ship something.

Don't spend the entire week trying to build the perfect startup.

Find a problem.

Build the solution.

Push it to GitHub.

Put it on your Gitcard.

Then show us what you made.

Good luck. 🚀

Gitcard Weekly Challenge #1 starts now.