Sponsored by AWS Amplify (https://lwj.dev/amplify) — What could you build if you had 30 minutes to plan and 4 hours to build? Lindsay Wardell, Dev Agrawal, Ben Hong, and Jason Lengstorf took part in the Web Dev Challenge to find out.

*THE CHALLENGE*
_Create a retro gaming themed app._ Create something nostalgic for the 8-bit era! Bring gamers together, pay tribute to your favorite classic, or even create your own game!

*THE TOOL*
Apps must use AWS Amplify (https://lwj.dev/amplify) as part of the build. Amplify was recently redesigned with Gen 2. It provides authentication, storage, data, real-time updates, functions, and hosting – everything you need to build virtually anything for the web. #Webdevelopment #Challenge #Javascript #GraphQL #ReactJS

*THE DEVELOPERS*
Ben Hong ( @BenCodeZen ) https://www.bencodezen.io/
Lindsay Wardell (https://www.lindsaykwardell.com/)
Dev Agrawal (https://devagr.me/)
Jason Lengstorf (@learnwithjason) https://jason.energy/links

*THE CONSULTANT*
Erik Hanchett (@ProgramWithErik) https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikhanchett/

*THE APPS*
Jason's 8-Bit Club: https://github.com/learnwithjason/4d1a-retro-games-amplify
Ben's AmpShark: https://main.d2eggt74ij5fbr.amplifyapp.com/ · https://github.com/bencodezen/amp-shark
Lindsay's Dysentery Community: https://github.com/lindsaykwardell/amplify
Tournitrix by the developer: https://github.com/devagrawal09/ampitrix

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Chapter:
0:00 In this episode …
0:44 The challenge
1:05 What is AWS Amplify Gen 2 for?
3:00 Ben's Plan
3:50 Dev's plan
4:56 Lindsay's plan
5:39 Jason's plan
7:04 Buildings
14:41 Demo time!
14:57 Jason's App
16:39 Ben's App
19:18 Lindsay's App
22:09 Developer app
24:53 Final thoughts

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