// A Hack Club YSWS by sami9889
Everyone's shipping 500KB of JavaScript just to show some text on a page. Build something under 15KB (no frameworks, no React, no Tailwind) and Sami will mail you a parcel from Australia.
This is a You Ship, We Ship challenge run by Sami from Hack Club Slack. The idea is simple, build something small, ship it publicly, and get a parcel mailed to you from Australia.
Can't send a raw potato through customs, but stickers, snacks, and a proper airmail postcard all clear just fine. Hit the smaller size tiers and the parcel gets fatter.
No gimmicks. You build it, Sami packs it, Australia Post does the rest.
Keep it simple. Keep it small. Keep it vanilla.
| Rule | Standard (<15KB) | Hard Mode (<5KB) | Ultra Hard (<2KB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frameworks (React, Vue, etc.) | Not allowed | Not allowed | Not allowed |
| CSS libraries (Tailwind, Bootstrap) | Not allowed | Not allowed | Not allowed |
| Build tools / bundlers | Not allowed | Not allowed | Not allowed |
| Vanilla HTML + CSS + JS | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed |
| External fonts & CDN scripts | Allowed (don't count) | Allowed (don't count) | Allowed (don't count) |
| Must be live with a public URL | Required | Required | Required |
| Source code must be public | Required | Required | Required |
| Potato theme | Bonus points | Bonus points | Bonus points |
Physically mailed to you, from Australia, and it's more than just spuds. Three tiers, each one stacks on the last.
Standard Mode
<15KB
Hard Mode
<5KB
Ultra Hard Mode
<2KB
Site, game, tool, anything that runs in a browser. Under 15KB. Potato theme earns bonus points.
GitHub Pages, Netlify, Vercel, Hack Club Nest, anywhere with a public URL.
Drop your live link and repo in #ship on Hack Club Slack. Tag @sami9889.
Sami checks it and posts your reward from Australia.
Drop your link in #ship and tag @sami9889. That's it.
Open Slack →All your files: HTML, CSS, JS, images. External stuff loaded from CDNs (like Google Fonts) doesn't count, but keep the spirit of it. The point is to prove you don't need a million dependencies.
It needs to run in a browser: a site, game, tool, interactive thing. No native apps. Beyond that, build whatever you want.
No, but it earns bonus points. Sami likes potatoes.
Yes. Potatoes only show up in Ultra Hard Mode. Everyone else gets stickers, a postcard, snacks, and whatever else fits in the envelope that week.
It's coming from Australia so a few weeks depending on your country. It will arrive.
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