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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Swap values - 4543 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1126 / 1257
  • Number of attempts: 1
Split line with dots - 2125 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #512 / 630
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11360 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3411 / 4164
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7806 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1543 / 2102
  • Number of attempts: 1
Alsa configuration - 491 entries

I'm tweaking my ~/.asoundrc file!

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #121 / 125
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12858 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3643 / 3946
  • Number of attempts: 1
Remove noise from HTTP log - 695 entries

This piece of log (from the year 2000) contains some irrelevant data. We only want to see the HTTP method and resource.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #266 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 12290 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3111 / 3581
  • Number of attempts: 1
Denys Zadorozhnyi
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Software engineer, interested in iOS, Machine Learning, Swift, C++, Haskell and lots of stuff.

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