Is it anything like code challenges? I might add it to this list: http://codecondo.com/coding-challenges/
Codefights
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#12Hi guys, co-founder of codefights here, the site is still in beta and someone posting it to HN caught us totally off guard. Migrating the servers now to something that can handle this traffic. Appreciate the patience :) EDIT: OK Servers migrated but it still can't come close to handling HN rush levels. While that's passing I can explain the main concept here. A task on codefights is a function written in javascript t…
This looks really cool. Please consider adding a Github signup option.
Thank Kenny, we are definitely considering adding a Github auth option.
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#13One suggestion for the founders, don't start the timer until the code has loaded, and stop the timer once you submit. I lost 10-15 seconds to loading the code and then got game over because i submitted with 10 seconds left and it took longer than that to actually send.
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#14One suggestion for the founders, don't start the timer until the code has loaded, and stop the timer once you submit. I lost 10-15 seconds to loading the code and then got game over because i submitted with 10 seconds left and it took longer than that to actually send.
Definitely an issue - I spent around 5 seconds between the code appearing and pressing the submit button, yet I ran out of time.
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#15It doesn't load at all for me... HN effect i guess. But the idea looks like a very nice time waster or argument resolver. I have a co-worker that always has the best theoretical cafe solution to every single bug ever found on any computer program, on this and parallel universes. Would be nice to play this against him and maybe win one or 2. Edit: Looking at the bright side. Most people that up voted the site liked th…
Hehe, never thought of it as an argument resolver but that's a cool idea. One other idea that I have already tried quite successfully was to use this as a technical phone screen tool where you codefight the candidate or ask them to do a few solo modes to see how far they get :)
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#16Is it anything like code challenges? I might add it to this list: http://codecondo.com/coding-challenges/
I am not at all sure about codeFights but tell you what.. the links on the page you mentioned are really good. I didn't know about a few of them and will definitely check them out. Thanks
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#171/2 the available time was taken waiting for "Loading the task..." !
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#18One suggestion for the founders, don't start the timer until the code has loaded, and stop the timer once you submit. I lost 10-15 seconds to loading the code and then got game over because i submitted with 10 seconds left and it took longer than that to actually send.
Yeap, great point. We currently sync the time with the server regularly to avoid cheating and given that the servers are under HN rush right now the delay is probably way more significant than it usually is. However, we are trying to figure out a better way to do this to make sure it doesn't start counting before the task loads.
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#191/2 the available time was taken waiting for "Loading the task..." !
sorry about that, way too many people on the site right now :(
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#20One suggestion for the founders, don't start the timer until the code has loaded, and stop the timer once you submit. I lost 10-15 seconds to loading the code and then got game over because i submitted with 10 seconds left and it took longer than that to actually send.
Yeah.. I got the task when the timer had 0:20 left, fixed it in 2 seconds, hit submit, it said "submitting..." until the timer ran down to 0:00 and then just "Game over". :-/