And not even cold hard cash but “Cloudflare credits.”

What an offensive slap in the face.

They don't want to own the next GitHub. They want people to build the next GitHub on Artifacts (and pay Cloudflare for storage and compute).

I don't have a strong opinion here, but giving away compute as a prize for hackathons isn't anything new.

The whole thing seems a bit uncouth. I get a real gross feeling from it.

That was my reaction. I was expecting, "The winner receives $500,000 in cash, $1M in Cloudflare credits, and an introduction to our venture team."

On brand for Cloudflare which is typically a cheap company.

I agree that the compensation was a miss.