The platform offers different stages of challenges with assigned difficulty levels and details on how the project would work. Developers can access challenges for free, but only get access to the content of the first two stages. They can pay to access unlimited content, practice in anonymous mode, take advantage of the continuous integration features and get priority support. Codecrafters is also working on a feature to provide AI-powered hints to users, with the company training models in the context of solutions for different challenges.
Key takeaways:
- Codecrafters is an online platform that provides challenging projects for advanced developers to master a programming language and learn other concepts.
- The platform was built by Sarup Bankosta and Paul Kuruvilla in 2022 and is backed by Y Combinator.
- Codecrafters has raised a $1.8 million seed round from notable individuals including Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger and Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi.
- The platform offers 'Build your own x' projects and provides a continuous integration layer for paid customers to quickly test their code and get automated feedback.