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Codewars Co-Founder's New Venture Makes It Easy to Identify Top Developers(forbes.com)
3 points by exolxe 9y ago|0 comments
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The Key to Becoming a Great Developer(blog.qualified.io)
5 points by exolxe 9y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Qualified, unit test driven code assessments for better tech interviews(qualified.io)
10 points by exolxe 10y ago|2 comments
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by exolxe 13y ago
Awesome suggestion, that's actually one of our next features - stay tuned!
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by exolxe 13y ago
To start upvotes from the community was the best way to do it - though soon enough we'll be benchmarking solutions so you can order them by execution time.
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by exolxe 13y ago
We got hit with pretty heavy traffic, the load was causing the 500s and we've pushed a fix for it - it's ready to go, so come back and check it out!
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by exolxe 13y ago
It's our next one - we're getting close to launching it, if you drop your email in the voting, we'll make sure to let you know!
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by exolxe 13y ago
Really appreciate the balanced perspective. We're a very small team and we're constantly improving, so it's great to hear supportive feedback. And yea, we've gotten crazy traffic, so the 500s/speed are load issues t
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by exolxe 13y ago
Great questions guys - we use locked-down language sandboxes on our own servers right now (github.com/codewars) for JS and Ruby. Then we're developing a Docker/LXC based server sandbox that will allow us to safely run each co
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by exolxe 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback Sandrae, it's helpful to hear your perspective. We have a lot of female users on Codewars and want to make sure everyone feels welcome. The term "Kata" are what we call our challenges, it just means &q
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by exolxe 13y ago
Glad you were able to make the distinction, we are working on making Github's integration cleaner. The intention is to allow you to link your github account, so that you can use it for return access to Codewars. It's also meant to
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by exolxe 13y ago
Sorry for the confusion on the signup Majika. We aren't asking for your Github credentials, but are offering a link to connect your Github account securely via oauth and Github.com (it’s optional). The fields for email/password ar
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by exolxe 13y ago
No way, this brings back some good memories. Glad you're using it regularly!
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by exolxe 13y ago
That's unfortunate - just shoot me an email and we'll hook you up: nathan@codewars.com
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by exolxe 13y ago
This is awesome Steven - appreciate the support!
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by exolxe 13y ago
Thanks Winslow - glad to hear you love the site! We want to make sure to keep the intrigue and flow going. So we're seriously thinking about how we can open more challenges while balancing it with a customized experience, great advice.
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by exolxe 13y ago
The sign in we have there is just for current users. To sign up just take the challenges on the homepage - Good luck!
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by exolxe 13y ago
Yea right now it's not a full github sign-in, but allows us to let you auto-signin when you return. We still need to other info to create the account.
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by exolxe 13y ago
Right now we save all your progress on the kata, though you need to find it again by searching/list view... We're pushing a "favorites" list soon that will allow you to earmark them for later.
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by exolxe 13y ago
Thanks - glad you like the concept. A video intro is a cool idea, we'll look into it. The join button just isn't clear enough, when it scrolls up it's just taking you to the challenges on the monitor, since you signup through
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by exolxe 13y ago
Good point on the text - we'll make an update... The landing page navigation? The webcam comment had me laughing for a few minutes. Never really noticed, but it's an easy fix.
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by exolxe 13y ago
Very sure... we promise we won't pester you. We send a weekly newsletter with challenges, but you can opt-out if it doesn't interest you.
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by exolxe 13y ago
Thanks and good catch. We do execute the code submissions on our own servers, partially so that we can prevent cheating and make sure all solutions are legit (the solutions list users see after finishing each challenge provides some of the
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by exolxe 13y ago
It's all good - we may open it beyond members eventually. The main reason for email right now is to foster a quality community... Just so you know we have strict no-emails-every-2-hours policy.
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by exolxe 13y ago
Sorry to hear that - we've done testing on Firefox/Safari and haven't gotten that, though definitely want to fix it up... Good luck getting into it later, and if you could help us debug just shoot me an email nathan@codewars.
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by exolxe 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback winslow - we didn't mean to dampen your vibe. The idea is as the challenges get harder we want to make sure you get ones you care about (interest area, difficulty) - that's a good idea on rephrasing it, we
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by exolxe 13y ago
We'll make that more clear - right now the Github Sign In is for current members, the signup is after the two challenges on the homepage
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by exolxe 13y ago
Glad to hear it, it's in the works - we're just deciding the order to launch them, so the voting feedback on next languages really helps us
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Show HN: Codewars(codewars.com)
198 points by exolxe 13y ago|121 comments
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by exolxe 13y ago
My question is why all of the world's largest companies fall in line with this so easily, especially when some have official support for persian/Iran. How does that dynamic between Corporation and US Government really work?

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