They could have just bought some ads on Stack Overflow. From the Help Center: > If a large percentage of your posts include a mention of your product or websi

They could have just bought some ads on Stack Overflow. From the Help Center: > If a large percentage of your posts include a mention of your product or website, you're probably here for the wrong reasons. Our advertising rates are quite reasonable; contact our ad sales team for details. We also offer free community promotion ads for open source projects and non-profit organizations. http://stackoverflow.com/help/behavior http://stackoverflow.com/help/behavior That would have been a lot less sleazy, and probably would have gotten more views than most questions about programming contest code.