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Angelika Cathor<p>New Elixir exercise available on Exercism - Swift Scheduling, for practicing dates <a href="https://exercism.org/tracks/elixir/exercises/swift-scheduling" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">exercism.org/tracks/elixir/exe</span><span class="invisible">rcises/swift-scheduling</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/MyElixirStatus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyElixirStatus</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Exercism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exercism</span></a></p>
ピゴスパ<p>In a month's time I will be visiting the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/wasmio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasmio</span></a> in <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/barcelona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barcelona</span></a> (as a participant) and I am pretty excited as I haven't visited either, yet.</p><p>I stumbled upon <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/WebAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebAssembly</span></a> in 2023 (okey, I've heard of it even earlier, but used it onyl in 2023 during the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/12in23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>12in23</span></a> by <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/exercism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exercism</span></a> ), and in 2024 we've been experimenting with it in the context of <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/GreenIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenIT</span></a> at our company (i.e. having tiny Wasm Modules spinned up directly in clusters, instead of heavy weight <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/docker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>docker</span></a> containers). We haven't had the chance to use it in production yet, and so I am really looking forward to see how other people use it and connect with the community. </p><p>Anyone here joining the conference as well? Any sessions or speakers or other highlights you're looking forward to? And any hidden gems to visit in Barcelona (as I'll be staying for days longer, after the conference 😇 )?</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/wasmio2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasmio2025</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/wasmio25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasmio25</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/trip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trip</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/travelrecommendation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travelrecommendation</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/recommendation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recommendation</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/serverless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serverless</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/kubernetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kubernetes</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/cluster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cluster</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecom</span></a></p>
Andrii Kuznietsov<p>👨‍💻 <a href="https://social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua/tags/Exercism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exercism</span></a>&nbsp;- платформа для вивчення програмування, яка пропонує інтерактивний підхід до освоєння навичок через вирішення практичних завдань. </p><p>Користувачі мають можливість працювати з&nbsp;75 мовами програмування, включаючи популярні&nbsp;<a href="https://social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a>&nbsp;та&nbsp;<a href="https://social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>. </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://exercism.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">exercism.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Angelika Cathor<p>You can now use Elixir 1.18 on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Exercism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exercism</span></a> 🚀. Thanks to jiegillet who did the upgrade of our tooling, and the Elixir core team that was very fast to release 1.18.1 with a crucial bug fix <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MyElixirStatus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyElixirStatus</span></a></p>
Jonathan Carroll<p>I am extremely behind on my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Exercism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Exercism</span></a> practice but I&#39;m overjoyed to hear that they&#39;ve added a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Uiua" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Uiua</span></a> track </p><p><a href="https://exercism.org/tracks/uiua" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">exercism.org/tracks/uiua</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>and a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Roc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Roc</span></a> track</p><p><a href="https://exercism.org/tracks/roc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">exercism.org/tracks/roc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I&#39;ve joined both, which should gradually appear in my tracker of which problems I&#39;ve solved in which languages <a href="https://github.com/jonocarroll/exercism-solutions" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/jonocarroll/exercis</span><span class="invisible">m-solutions</span></a></p>
David Brownman<p>DEAL ALERT! Do you want to learn to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exercism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exercism</span></a>, my favorite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> language learning tool, is running a part-time boot camp in January! </p><p>It'll teach you everything from scratch, so no experience is needed. Makes a great gift for someone who has been interested in programming, but had trouble getting started.</p><p><a href="https://bootcamp.exercism.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bootcamp.exercism.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>As a holiday treat, use code M0M0GV0U for 20% off!</p>
Jonathan Carroll<p>Thanks to a very cool video from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@standupmaths" class="u-url mention">@<span>standupmaths</span></a></span> popping up on my feed I updated my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rstats</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Exercism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Exercism</span></a> solution for the Sieve of Eratosthenes problem to essentially use</p><p>isprime &lt;- function(n) {<br /> !length(grep(r&quot;(^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$)&quot;, strrep(&#39;!&#39;, n)))<br />}</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/5vbk0TwkokM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/5vbk0TwkokM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p> 1: FALSE<br /> 2: TRUE<br /> 3: TRUE <br /> 4: FALSE <br /> 5: TRUE <br /> 6: FALSE <br /> 7: TRUE <br /> 8: FALSE <br /> 9: FALSE <br />10: FALSE <br />11: TRUE <br />12: FALSE </p><p>🤩</p>
pablolarah<p>2M users but no money in the bank. Tough times 😔</p><p>by Jeremy Walker at @exercism_io </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exercism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exercism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoPaidUsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoPaidUsers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://exercism.org/blog/september-2024-restructure" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">exercism.org/blog/september-20</span><span class="invisible">24-restructure</span></a></p>
Jeff Forcier<p>Set up a recurring donation. I’ve only scratched the surface of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Exercism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exercism</span></a> so far but I really liked what I saw and it's one of the first places I think of when I want to learn a new language now.<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@brettcannon/113092414340705344" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosstodon.org/@brettcannon/113</span><span class="invisible">092414340705344</span></a></p>
andros<p>Después de leer la lamentable situación de Exercism, no he podido evitar realizar una merecida donación.<br>A pesar de tener 2 millones de usuarios, los autores han llegado a una situación económica insostenible. Literalmente no tienen dinero en el banco para mantener los servidores encendidos, y mucho menos para pagar sus sueldos. En el artículo Jeremy Walker, cofundador, declara que ha perdido completamente la fe en un modelo de negocio gratuito sostenido por donaciones.<br>El feedback ha sido variado. Algunos opinan que deberían cambiar los servidores por plataformas más económicas, otros que no es muy visible el botón de donaciones, algunos que son malos gestores al no encontrar inversores (a pesar que lo han intentado), etc.<br>Me atrevo a afirmar que el problema radica en sus usuarios que no son capaces de apreciar, y recompensar, la gran labor de Exercism. Una plataforma con unas capacidades similares podría rondar un precio mensual con, tal vez, 2 cifras. Y sin embargo es gratis, abierto, con acceso a varios idiomas y niveles. No deberían pedir dinero, los usuarios deben darlo.<br><a href="https://exercism.org/blog/september-2024-restructure" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://exercism.org/blog/september-2024-restructure</a><br><a href="https://activity.andros.dev/tags/exercism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exercism</span></a></p>

"Last week we hit the huge milestone of two million users. Within a few hours, we also hit 45 million exercise submissions.

A day later, I paid the final payroll for me, Erik and Aron, and our bank account reduced down to the point we can't afford to pay another.

I think this sums up Exercism's story pretty well. Over 1,200 people per day sign up to #Exercism. Tens of thousands solve exercises each day. But we don't have enough money to continue to work on the platform"
exercism.org/blog/september-20

Exercism2M users but no money in the bank. Tough times 😔2M users. No money in the bank. Erik's leaving. Exercism Teams. A new coding fundamentals platforms. There's a lot of news...
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@matsuzine @zombiewarrior @foximax 100%!

I actually think that the #Perl, #Rakulang, #Ruby, and #PHP crowds should make common cause on this point and help each other out.

I think everyone would benefit from a coalition of experienced programmers who *don't* think #Python is the right tool for every job and who are willing to train newer programmers to take junior roles or just be active members of the community. #Exercism is the closest example of this I can think of.

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As a user of Exercism since 2016, I’ve experienced firsthand the great dedication its contributors have to helping literally thousands of students worldwide, and I’m proud to keep contributing.

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