What a WASE! The "Worst Application Server Ever" Contest

Though I preferred the original acronym (WASTE) given to EngineYard's ingenious new contest to the one it now goes by (WASE), the challenge remains the same: work together with other contestants to build the worst application server ever. As with any good contest, there's a twist, namely that the WASE must use Twitter as its message bus.

Sound complicated? A little maybe, but the end result may be well worth your while. EngineYard will be awarding a Motorola Droid and $1000 Engine Yard Cloud Credit to the first person to correctly complete the challenge. Second prize (a Droid and $500 Cloud Credit) will go to whomever builds the most popular WASE endpoint and third prize (a Droid) will be awarded to the person whom EngineYard determines to have written the best WASE endpoint in Ruby.

Still confused? Well, EngineYard explains its contest much better than we can. So check out their blog post for complete details. Oh, and good luck!