Fourth Spanish Technical Article Contest – Prizes for Everyone!

Hello Community!

The big challenge you've all been waiting for is finally here: The fourth InterSystems technical article writing contest in Spanish is here!

🏆 4th Spanish Technical Article Contest 🏆

Contest description: Write an article in Spanish in the Developer Community on any topic related to InterSystems technology.

Duration: May 12 – June 8, 2025.

Prizes for all participants: Everyone who publishes an article in Spanish during the contest period will receive a prize.

Main prize: Apple Watch SE / 10th generation iPad

 

Take part in the contest and share your knowledge with hundreds of users! It’s one of the best opportunities to publish that trick, discovery, or potential you see in InterSystems technology (Newcomers are very welcome in these contests!)

Prizes

1. Everyone wins in the InterSystems technical article contest → Any Community member who participates in the contest will receive a gift from InterSystems for taking part.
2. Expert Awards – The winning articles in this category will be selected by InterSystems experts, and for each position, the winner may choose one of the following:

🥇 1st place: Apple Watch SE or 10th generation iPad
🥈 2nd place: Insta360 Link 2 or Nintendo Switch Lite
🥉 3rd place: Samsonite backpack

Alternatively, any winner may choose a prize from a lower category.

Note: Prizes are subject to change if availability in the country prevents delivery.

3. Developer Community Award – Article with the most "Likes". The winner will receive:

🎁 Samsonite Backpack

Note: Each author can only win one prize per category (in total, an author can win two prizes: one in the Experts category and one in the Community category).

Who can participate?
Anyone registered in the Developer Community, except InterSystems employees. Register here in the Community if you don't have an account yet.

Contest Duration
📝  May 12 to June 8: Article submission period.

📝 June 9 to June 15: Voting phase.

Publish your article(s) during this period. Members of the Developer Community can vote for the articles they like by clicking "Like" under each article.

Tip: The earlier you publish your article(s), the more time you'll have to get votes from both the Experts and the Community.

🎉 Once the voting is complete, we will announce the winners in the Developer Community.

Requirements
❗️ Any article written during the contest period that meets the following requirements will automatically be entered into the competition ❗️:

• The article must be directly or indirectly related to InterSystems technology (specific features of InterSystems products or complementary tools, architectural solutions, development best practices, etc.).
• The article must be written in Spanish.
• The article must be 100% new (it can be a continuation of a previously published article).
• The article cannot be a copy or translation of another article already published in the Developer Community in Spanish or in another Community.
• Article length: >1,000 characters (links do not count toward the character count).
• Participation mode: individual (a participant may publish multiple articles).

What can you write about?
You can choose any technical topic directly or indirectly related to InterSystems technology.

🎯 BONUS:

Experts award 9 points to the article they consider the best, 6 points to the second-best, and 3 points to the third-best. Additionally, articles can receive more points based on the following bonuses:

Note: the judges' decision is final.

1. New author bonus: If this is your first time participating in the Spanish Technical Article Contest, your article will receive 4 extra points from the Experts.
2. Topic bonus: If your article falls under the following topics, it will receive 3 extra points:

✔️ Use of ODBC and JDBC
✔️ Use of DB-API
✔️ Use of Dynamic SQL and Embedded SQL
✔️ Generation of OpenAPI Documentation
✔️ Authentication-related Endpoints (use of SSO, OAuth, and ZAuth)
✔️ Use of isc.rest for API development
✔️ Embedded Python in Interoperability (Operations, Services, Custom Functions)
✔️ Common IKO deployments
✔️ Adapting existing C#, Java, and Python code to IRIS and IRIS interoperability via external language gateways
✔️ GenAI, Vector Search, RAG
✔️ FHIR, EHR, OMOP
✔️ Data Fabric, Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Data Mesh
✔️ Sharding, Mirroring

3. Video bonus: If the article is accompanied by an explanatory video, the participant will receive 2 points. Here are some tips in case you're unsure how to approach this.
4. Tutorial bonus: You will receive 3 points if the article has tutorial characteristics, with step-by-step instructions that a developer can follow to complete one or more specific tasks.

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Do you have any questions? Feel free to write to me!

We're really looking forward to your articles!

And as we always say... Ready, set, code! 🔥