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CodeHS: Software Engineer in San Francisco CodeHS is a site that helps teach computer science to beginners with a focus on working with high schools. We work with students and scho…

CodeHS: Software Engineer in San Francisco CodeHS is a site that helps teach computer science to beginners with a focus on working with high schools. We work with students and scho…

This looks fantastic. I just have a question for the author (+ Mozilla). Since this is a hosted service, I'm a bit reluctant to integrate it, because I'm not sure what we should ex…

CodeHS is hiring in San Francisco, CA! CodeHS is the best way for beginners to learn how to program. We focus on working with schools, and work with hundreds of schools and thousan…

I recently sent an email to linode support, and got a very murky response. I used my debit card on linode, and it was recently used on transactions I didn't make in random parts of…

Andrew-- We use Django and South in our projects, and really appreciate the work you have done. I just contributed, and am excited about this project. My one suggestion/request: Pl…

Thanks for sharing this link. As it related to HN, I think you have to applaud all of the people who go out on a limb and share their work-in-progress side project, new startup, or…

Thanks for the feedback. These are all things on our to-do list.

Ah, that's a problem. Thanks for letting us know about that.

Thank you Hacker News reader for the very Hacker-News-esque constructive criticism. We are trying to improve our site, so if you have specific constructive feedback for us, we woul…

The point you make here (and one made by many others) is a straw man/reductio ad absurdum argument. People who advocate that everyone should learn to code (like myself) to not advo…

haha yes, you make a good point. I do think that including several ways to try to connect with beginners is important, and that is what we hope to do. I really like the logo the tu…

You make a lot of assumptions about how kids have to be taught coding. > I tried everything possible. Every other trick in the trade. Even tried to start with Python first and not …

Make sure to check out CodeHS. We are the little demo shown in the video using "Karel the dog." We work on making it fun and accessible to beginners, mostly in high schools and mid…

We develop our site in django and just bought the book. Excited to read it!