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Challenge #12: Spooky Halloween scene

We are approaching Halloween which is celebrated on October 31 in many parts of the world. The main theme of the holiday is scary fun, with common elements being witches 🧙‍♀️, ghosts 👻, magic🪄, ...

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61 votes
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Challenge #11: Taco crawl optimization [COMPLETED]

Update on October 23: Huge thanks to everyone who participated in the challenge. The correct routing was [0,7,5,6,2,10,4] for 97 tastiness and 2.8945 tastiness/distance. 43 of the 53 entries provided ...

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57 entries

Challenge #10: Road safety challenge (joint with Kaggle) [Completed]

Update, Nov 1, 2025: The challenge is now complete. Thanks to those that participated. We'll review the entries and soon announce the users that receive the badge. Kaggle is a platform for Machine ...

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20 votes
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24 entries

Challenge #9: Random Number Generator [COMPLETED]

Update: October 6, 2025: Thanks to everyone who participated in this challenge! It was very interesting to see the diverse approaches to random number generation. Congratulations to the following ...

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23 votes
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26 entries

Challenge #8: Word ladder [COMPLETED]

Update, October 2, 2025: Appreciation to everyone who participated in this challenge! The correct length of the word ladders is as follows: [stone, money] [11] [bread, crumb] [11] [smile, giant] [11] ...

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47 votes
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97 entries

Challenge #7: Pangram checker [COMPLETED]

Update, October 2, 2025: A HUGE thanks to everyone who participated in this challenge! The correct answer is: 819 Non-Pangrams, 132 Pangrams (non-perfect) and 49 Perfect-Pangrams. We are very ...

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76 votes
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Challenge #6: Integer Counting [COMPLETED]

Update on October 8, 2025: Thanks to everyone who voted on the entries! We received 281 votes from 59 users. There were a lot of great responses to this challenge. We appreciate the participation. We'...

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16 votes
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5 entries

Challenge #5: Traffic Light Simulator [COMPLETED]

Congratulations to Kamran for the best response to this challenge! We were impressed by your simulation and also the inclusion of variable weather elements. This Challenge is now closed but entries ...

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47 votes
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19 entries

Challenges Sandbox – Help us create new challenges

We are making some upgrades to Challenges – one of which is allowing users to contribute their own! If you have an idea for a challenge, please post it as an entry here in this Sandbox, where it can ...

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36 votes
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11 entries

Challenge #4: Create a futuristic technology [COMPLETED]

Awards for the fourth Stack Overflow code challenge: Most Upvotes: Davide Fiocco Vision Architect: 12Kittens New Contributor: Prakhar Agarwal All of the awards given (aside from most upvotes) are ...

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70 votes
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53 entries

Challenge #3: Creating ASCII art snowflakes [COMPLETED]

Awards for the third Stack Overflow code challenge: Most Upvotes: André Serene Scene Creator: Ale_Bianco New Contributor: Michael Brown Most Customizable: FoxWise Snowflake Artisan: Newpzo All of the ...

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116 votes
16k views
77 entries

Challenge #2: Secret messages in game boards [COMPLETED]

Awards for the second Stack Overflow code challenge: Most upvotes: Ale_Bianco Puzzle prodigy: Anon Coward New contributor: Ayan Nayak Most imaginative: Bladeski Straight to the point: NullDev All of ...

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163 votes
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61 entries

Challenge #1: Implement a text-to-baby-talk translator [COMPLETED]

Awards for the first Stack Overflow code challenge: Most upvotes: Anon Coward Bells and whistles: Ali Sheikhpour New contributor: Kingsley_3z3nw4k4 Most sophisticated: return true Technically correct: ...

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