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CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Re: CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Post by djisjke »

recursive wrote: post #29
djisjke wrote: post #19

Is this for real? Wow, I'm sure a lot of rock star coders will hang there.

Is there anything that suggests that it is not real?

All the awesome ninja coder "build things that matter" ninja awesome makes it sound like a bad joke.

But we're all awesome rock star ninja web coders anyways, right? Or maybe I'm the only one tired of developers talking like as if they were teenage mutant ninja turtles.

Re: CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Post by recycleme »

exolxe wrote: post #10
KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We already have that. It's called real life. Still I signed up and am present on the leaderboard.

Fair enough. We want to complement real life with a virtual environment and make it easier to collaborate with dev's outside your existing network. Congrats on the leaderboard status.

> make it easier to collaborate with dev's outside your existing network.

Sounds fun. Looking forward to it, thanks.

Re: CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Post by exolxe »

klibertp wrote: post #61

I completed the survey, entered my email, got "Confirm your account... Dojo Access Link" email, and then got: "Confirmation token is invalid". What to do now?

Appreciate the heads up, could you forward us the confirmation email: info@codewa.rs... If you go back to the site (after clearing your cookies or on a different browse) you can renter the same email and opt to resend the Confirm/Access email, that should take care of it.

Re: CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Post by recursive »

djisjke wrote: post #62
recursive wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there anything that suggests that it is not real?

All the awesome ninja coder "build things that matter" ninja awesome makes it sound like a bad joke. But we're all awesome rock star ninja web coders anyways, right? Or maybe I'm the only one tired of developers talking like as if they were teenage mutant ninja turtles.

I too am tired of the general ninja/rockstar terminology. To me though, this is different. It's referring to the aesthetic of their self-contained competition. To me, it's like playing a video game in which you are a space marine, which is already a thoroughly explored concept. It's just a framework on which to apply the particular mechanics of this site. For instance, they are saying things like "code wars ninja", not "Rails ninja". To me, that's different. To you, maybe not.

Re: CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete

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Post by Bjartr »

captaintacos wrote: post #11
exolxe wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The vision's to create a global arena, where as devs we can compete and build projects that matter.

So in the long term, how exactly will this be different from http://www.topcoder.com/ ? Just wondering... I signed up already anyway.

Is it just me or is the topcoder website confusing? I've never really managed to find what I want to whenever I go there (pretty much the exact opposite experience to the submitted site which drops you immediately into coding)
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