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Played Challenges

Create json from a .env file - 776 entries

A simple everyday task.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 63
  • Position: #107 / 177
  • Number of attempts: 1
hello-world-vimgolf - 2506 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #63 / 713
  • Number of attempts: 11
Fill in the chess board - 959 entries

Fill in the name of each square using its file (a-h) and rank (1-8).

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #77 / 185
  • Number of attempts: 11
Plotting some variables in python - 1671 entries

4 sets of (x,y) variables to plot. Just increment the numbers! Well, let's change the colors of the lines as well. Oh and we meant to plot the absolute values of course.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #29 / 349
  • Number of attempts: 13
Making 3 line function a one liner. - 340 entries

Simple challenge for frequent action while programming.

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 4
  • Position: #65 / 209
  • Number of attempts: 1
swap number pairs - 2128 entries

Swap the numbers in a bunch of 2-element arrays.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #197 / 388
  • Number of attempts: 5
Easy modification of ssh config - 382 entries

Just add another alias to each worker

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #91 / 115
  • Number of attempts: 1
ssh config skills - 258 entries

Parse output from `kuebctl get no -o wide` into an .ssh/config file!

  • Best score: 41
  • Best player score: 83
  • Position: #54 / 66
  • Number of attempts: 4
Rural Post - 4567 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #439 / 1114
  • Number of attempts: 7
xrandr outputs and dashes - 724 entries

uh oh, different video drivers identify display outputs with more dashes. Quick, need to change this xrandr script!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #123 / 225
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reverse Simple Deletion - 857 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #358 / 461
  • Number of attempts: 1
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