This concept seems great, and I work for a very large company shown in the "trusted by" section. I also noticed that you have a quote from an engineer at my company who does not exist in the company directory or on LinkedIn. I cannot find any information about a subscription on our intranet. Are the companies shown in the "trusted by" section actually subscribers, or are these placeholders for now?
Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software
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Re: Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software
#32Congrats on the launch! I've been using CodeCrafters for a year now and am a huge fan of the product. One problem I had was finding proper documentation/guidance for when I got blocked. Beyond the Discord are there any plans to unblock users?
Thank you for your kind words!
Until a few months back, we were focused solely on the "challenge" aspect of the product. Based on customer feedback, we've been making new features available that offer more guidance when you're stuck — a 2min preview is available on this demo video — https://codecrafters.io/videos/demo.
1. We show you expert-vetted code approaches for different languages in each stage, and also explain the interesting / difficult parts in the approach.
2. For further inspiration & knowledge, we now also include source walkthroughs for many of the stages, which link to how the official implementation does it. Here's one for Redis, which explains how the PING command is implemented (stage 2 of Redis). https://app.codecrafters.io/walkthroughs/redis-ping-command
Re: Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software
#33This concept seems great, and I work for a very large company shown in the "trusted by" section. I also noticed that you have a quote from an engineer at my company who does not exist in the company directory or on LinkedIn. I cannot find any information about a subscription on our intranet. Are the companies shown in the "trusted by" section actually subscribers, or are these placeholders for now?
> Trusted by engineers at top companies with learning budgets
They probably have one guy at a company and add it, based on a survey/form where people could in theory lie about where they work or add previous positions if they're unemployed. Note the companies aren't subscribers, an 'engineer' from that company is a subscriber.
Re: Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software
#34Sounds cool but without being able to actually try a full course out, there is no way to know if I'll enjoy it.
Agreed, learning styles are different for everyone, and it's important to be able to try things out. We've added a 3-day trial for you to experience what it's like — looking forward to seeing you on the leaderboard!
The 3-day trial is only on $700 annual memberships though! I'd very much try this out on a 3-day trial if it's then only $70 a month afterwards. $700 in one go means I have to ask the wife and you'll miss out on a sale there ;)
Re: Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software
#35Pricing seems fine, that’s a drop in the bucket for developer education—my learning stipend at my first tech job (this was pre-IPO) was over $1000/year. Investing in quality education is a price willingly and even eagerly paid by those who want to grow. Bet a large swathe of immigrant parents would approve, too.
Re: Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software
#36This concept seems great, and I work for a very large company shown in the "trusted by" section. I also noticed that you have a quote from an engineer at my company who does not exist in the company directory or on LinkedIn. I cannot find any information about a subscription on our intranet. Are the companies shown in the "trusted by" section actually subscribers, or are these placeholders for now?
Thanks for the kind words!
The logos highlight companies where our customers (the engineers) work. Since we're early stage, so far it's more common for engineers to discover CodeCrafters, sign up by themselves, and expense it to their company. That might explain why you can't find information about subscription on the intranet.
We also do have cases where we work with companies to land team subscriptions, so if you'd be interested for us to engage with your company, feel free to drop me a note — sarup@codecrafters.io, and I'd love to help. It might be that the person you couldn't locate has moved on from the company, but I don't have a good explanation for why you couldn't find them on LinkedIn :-D If you emailed me, I could ask them and find out for you (for references, etc) — for most listed on the website, I've been in contact with them :)
Re: Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software
#37This is neat. Although I’m not a huge fan of subscription payments where you lose access once you stop paying.
I’d happily pay a few hundred dollars and have access to it years later.
Like the way we bought books and software CDs a while back. You buy, you own it.
Not everything needs to be a subscription unless it is a truly recurring service where every month there is value add.
Re: Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software
#38Price point I feel is too high for specifically what it is offering. A general point I would make. In education: cost is a barrier of entry - a smaller ask might yield far more results from people in disadvantaged situations able to scrabble up ladder. A rising tide raises all ships. You are doing work creating the material and course work - I'm not saying release stuff for free. but $80/mo is something to bat an eye…
I don't think this type of resource would be all that helpful for people trying to scrabble up the ladder. They would almost certainly be much better served by countless other resources.
Re: Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software
#39This is neat. Although I’m not a huge fan of subscription payments where you lose access once you stop paying. I’d happily pay a few hundred dollars and have access to it years later. Like the way we bought books and software CDs a while back. You buy, you own it. Not everything needs to be a subscription unless it is a truly recurring service where every month there is value add.
Agreed. Who likes "talk to sales" :)
We have a pricing page — https://codecrafters.io/pricing, and do have it linked on our menu and footer. Would that help?
Re: Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software
#40This concept seems great, and I work for a very large company shown in the "trusted by" section. I also noticed that you have a quote from an engineer at my company who does not exist in the company directory or on LinkedIn. I cannot find any information about a subscription on our intranet. Are the companies shown in the "trusted by" section actually subscribers, or are these placeholders for now?
Thanks for the kind words! The logos highlight companies where our customers (the engineers) work. Since we're early stage, so far it's more common for engineers to discover CodeCrafters, sign up by themselves, and expense it to their company. That might explain why you can't find information about subscription on the intranet. We also do have cases where we work with companies to land team subscriptions, so if you'd…
Thanks for clarifying! I got excited that maybe there was a corporate subscription in place.