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by FiloSottile 3537 days ago
First of all, I swear by Cryptopals. They are what made me realize I get, like and can do cryptography. They are just the best programming/math/crypto/anything challenges I've ever played, and one of my first and most satisfying accomplishments.

Secondly, Sean suggested I should speed run set 8 (which I have been saving to run through in a single go) live on Twitch.

People seem to like the idea, so I'll have to figure out a schedule, but this is happening. Check Twitter if you are interested or have advice.

https://twitter.com/FiloSottile/status/787777267313303553

(For context, I think I was the first to finish set 7, which I sped run while at Recurse Center in 30 hours.)

2 comments

You were the first to finish set 7.

I assume most people don't know, so: Filippo was one of our earliest adopters of cryptopals. He is a monster. He demolished everything we put in front of him.

You should watch Filippo run set 8. I've read a bunch of his code via cryptopals, and I'm a better programmer because of it. I'm very excited to watch him work in realtime.

Any tips for live coding on Twitch? I would like to do that with Set 1.
There is livecoding.tv also. (I'm not related with the project).