Into the Scrape-Verse, an online hackathon with Bright Data, August 17 to 23, 2026

Hackathon · with Bright Data

Into the Scrape-Verse

Build self-healing web scrapers

You write a scraper, it works, and a week later the site changes its layout and everything breaks quietly. Build one that repairs itself instead, run it from your coding agent, and spend the week turning the data into something real.

See the prizes

Top 50 submissionsEvery one of them gets WeMakeDevs swag

When
August 17–23, 2026
Where
Hybrid: online from anywhere, plus a day in San Francisco
Teams
Solo or up to 4 people
Prizes
$15,000 in prizes including NVIDIA DGX Spark, iPads, Keychrons

Schedule

How the week runs

Seven days online, from August 17 to August 23, 2026. The week is over: the streams have aired and the submission form closed with it on August 23. Results go out in early September.

These dates are set. Reminders before the kickoff and the deadline, and anything that changes, go out in the event channels on the WeMakeDevs Discord.

  1. Done:

    Closed

    Registration

    One form, and a minute of anyone's time. It stayed open until the hackathon closed on August 23.

  2. Done:

    August 17

    The week starts

    The brief goes live and the clock starts. Build from here on.

  3. Done:

    August 18

    Hackathon Kickoff: Build Web Scrapers That Fix Themselves, a live stream with the Bright Data team

    Hackathon Kickoff: Build Web Scrapers That Fix Themselves

    UTC

    Join on LinkedIn
  4. Happening now:

    August 20

    Midweek in the Scrape-Verse Hackathon: Live Project Showcase, a live stream with the Bright Data team

    Midweek in the Scrape-Verse Hackathon: Live Project Showcase

    UTC

    Join on LinkedIn
  5. Done:

    August 23

    Submissions closed

    Repository, README, structured output and a demo video. The form is closed and no further entries are being taken.

  6. Early September

    Winners announced

    Results go out on the Discord and across our socials.

Submissions are closed. Everything filed before the deadline on August 23 is in judging, and the results go out on the Discord and across our socials in early September.