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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33958 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1919 / 7498
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10932 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #213 / 3091
  • Number of attempts: 8
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3643 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #289 / 1181
  • Number of attempts: 5
Copy three lines - 2909 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #140 / 644
  • Number of attempts: 11
Extract argument from function - 2392 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #237 / 765
  • Number of attempts: 7
That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #212 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 9
One to Ten - 2246 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #179 / 684
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #930 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 10
replacing each line of a block selection - 3040 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #212 / 785
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13468 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #597 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 5
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