SkillUpper
Learning and science
interactive coding practice
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
0 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.
Idea: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good approach to teaching programming and a nice site overall
From 2 comments
Your posting is already 13 hours old but I hope you still see this message :) First of all, being sometimes involved in teaching CS to people, I like your website. You have…
tralarpa on HNFor me, completing the Spiral Matrix, I did not find the hint for the third and final section relate-able at all to my solution. Essentially, it assumes a bit too much the shape…
merlincorey on HN
Objections
Coding interviews are widely derided and the site perpetuates them
From 2 comments
Feels very weird to me to spend time and energy building tools for a type of interview process that is becoming more and more derided by the community?
krainboltgreene on HNAgreed, sites like this only perpetuate the nonsense. The only way to win is not to play.
gaius on HN
Hints can be off or not fit alternative solutions
From 1 comment
For me, completing the Spiral Matrix, I did not find the hint for the third and final section relate-able at all to my solution. Essentially, it assumes a bit too much the shape…
merlincorey on HN
Bottom-up ordering makes helper functions confusing; stepwise refinement suggested
From 1 comment
Your posting is already 13 hours old but I hope you still see this message :) First of all, being sometimes involved in teaching CS to people, I like your website. You have…
tralarpa on HN
Requests
Add a high-level overview or pseudocode in the first step
From 1 comment
Your posting is already 13 hours old but I hope you still see this message :) First of all, being sometimes involved in teaching CS to people, I like your website. You have…
tralarpa on HN
Better hint for the final Spiral Matrix step
From 1 comment
For me, completing the Spiral Matrix, I did not find the hint for the third and final section relate-able at all to my solution. Essentially, it assumes a bit too much the shape…
merlincorey on HN
A salary negotiation version
From 1 comment
Any SkillUpper for salary negotiation?
profalseidol on HN
Questions
Whether the approach suits other CS topics beyond interview questions
From 1 comment
I created SkillUpper because I was thinking about how Computer Science learning could be more interactive. Codecademy pioneered a more interactive REPL style of learning for…
rhc2104 on HN
Alternatives named
Project Euler
From 1 comment
Have you worked with Project Euler by chance? If not, you might find aspects of it valuable for this project. https://projecteuler.net/
toomuchtodo on HN
zyBooks
From 1 comment
Like zybooks?
bytematic on HN
Exercism
From 1 comment
Are you aware of https://exercism.io/ (volunteer run)?
dorfsmay on HN