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It does say it only asks for your email (read) privileges tbf, but yeah I didn't bother either after that step.

lucideer 3y ago
This gives the site read access to your private (hidden) Github email address(es) - I think often developers implementing the Github API think this permission is needed to access your public email, & it gets requested unintentionally.
- captn3m0 3y ago
  Not every account sets a public email, so this ensures that the app gets a reachable email address for every user.
HeckFeck 3y ago
I don't see why they can't present it as a simple list of blog articles with a link to the repository. It achieves the same thing without anyone knowing who I am.
- aleph_minus_one 3y ago
  Well, because codecrafters.io would love to see you as a paying customer: https://codecrafters.io/pricing https://codecrafters.io/pricing
- sarupbanskota 3y ago
  CodeCrafters co-founder here. You're right, we could present it as just the articles. Our overview is publicly accessible and doesn't require a paywall. https://app.codecrafters.io/courses/bittorrent/overview https://app.codecrafters.io/courses/bittorrent/overview All the "content" is also available on our GitHub https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent If you'd like us to run tests against your code, show you progress, community examples, hints, and so on, then you can do the interactive experience, which requires signing up.
  - aleph_minus_one 3y ago
    > All the "content" is also available on our GitHub https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent In this Git repository, I see various stages of the source code, and Docker files. The claim "all the 'content' is also available on our GitHub" clearly does not hold, because at least the article texts are missing there. EDIT: Sorry, it is there, as was pointed out to me in the answer: https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent/blob/main/course-definition.yml https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent...
    - rohitpaulk 3y ago
      https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent/blob/main/course-definition.yml https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent...
    - sarupbanskota 3y ago
      The course definition file contains all the prompts (including nuances per language) that are viewable on the UI. https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent/blob/main/course-definition.yml https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent...

This gives the site read access to your private (hidden) Github email address(es) - I think often developers implementing the Github API think this permission is needed to access your public email, & it gets requested unintentionally.

captn3m0 3y ago
Not every account sets a public email, so this ensures that the app gets a reachable email address for every user.

HeckFeck 3y ago

I don't see why they can't present it as a simple list of blog articles with a link to the repository. It achieves the same thing without anyone knowing who I am.

aleph_minus_one 3y ago
Well, because codecrafters.io would love to see you as a paying customer: https://codecrafters.io/pricing https://codecrafters.io/pricing
sarupbanskota 3y ago
CodeCrafters co-founder here. You're right, we could present it as just the articles. Our overview is publicly accessible and doesn't require a paywall. https://app.codecrafters.io/courses/bittorrent/overview https://app.codecrafters.io/courses/bittorrent/overview All the "content" is also available on our GitHub https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent If you'd like us to run tests against your code, show you progress, community examples, hints, and so on, then you can do the interactive experience, which requires signing up.
- aleph_minus_one 3y ago
  > All the "content" is also available on our GitHub https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent In this Git repository, I see various stages of the source code, and Docker files. The claim "all the 'content' is also available on our GitHub" clearly does not hold, because at least the article texts are missing there. EDIT: Sorry, it is there, as was pointed out to me in the answer: https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent/blob/main/course-definition.yml https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent...
  - rohitpaulk 3y ago
    https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent/blob/main/course-definition.yml https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent...
  - sarupbanskota 3y ago
    The course definition file contains all the prompts (including nuances per language) that are viewable on the UI. https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent/blob/main/course-definition.yml https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-bittorrent...