[suncherta]

I am very happy to see more content like this (attempting to teach how to create a real system) becoming available. Few month ago there was a launch announcement of YC backed startup that sell you walk-through labs guiding you to build Redis, Docker, Git and others. (Can't find link to it now.)

What is still missing, in my opinion, and is badly needed, is content or even an idea on how to teach taking such projects from toy prototype version to the production quality one.

[DylanSp]

You're probably thinking of https://codecrafters.io/. I've been meaning to check them out with my education stipend from work, just haven't had the time to devote to it.

[x86hacker1010]

So expensive IMO, only reason I'm avoiding it.

[fcanela]

$83/mo or around $994 annually is crazy way too much for me. I hope them the best because I love that kind of content and want it to be more popular, but I will wait until a better priced option comes.

[forgotpwd16]

There's* a free plan allowing a stage daily. With current content (all languages, all stages) someone can do everything in <9mo. But challenges are same across languages. If only want to do challenges ("build X clone") once in one language can do it in <1.5mo.

*Saw in sibling comment this is recent addition. Without it, yeah, it may be a bit expensive for one person.

[lsferreira42]

Same reason here, if i convert that value to my current currency it will be half of the living wage in my country

[giancarlostoro]

This is more than any software engineering learning subscription I have currently per month.

[sarupbanskota]

We now have a free tier, so you should be able to try it out :-)

[KptMarchewa]

Please consider similar pricing structure as JetBrains. If you pay for it, the price is X, but if your company pays for it, or you're somehow reimbursed for it, the price is 5X.

[sureglymop]

Do you provide educational licenses/pricing? It looks really interesting but I can't afford it as a student.

[sarupbanskota]

We do. Feel free to email me [e-mail]

[sureglymop]

Will do, thank you for replying :)

[x86hacker1010]

It’s free, but isn’t it one lesson per day?

[sarupbanskota]

Correct. For many of our users, doing one stage per day is just the right amount of exercise (especially on the later stages — as it gets more challenging)

[x86hacker1010]

Not to by hyper critical but that is just not enough to support learning for more ambitious people. There are too many great learning communities that are way cheaper. I really hope you guys revise the pricing structure. At a $20mo price point, I know a ton of people that would buy it. At the current price point, well, it’s just people with a learning stipend at big corp that don’t like to buy books.

Great idea, but only accessible to the rich.

[lprd]

Curious if anyone else has checked out their content yet? If so, hows the quality?

[pizza234]

The idea is very good - the tests approach is effective and stimulating; they also provide a range of products to study/experiment with. However, I think that the approach to the learning material is "love it or hate it".

By design, the service doesn't provide any documentation; it provides references to existing technical documentation (of any kind, including blog posts).

Those who expect a focused introduction to each topic will find it very tedious or hard to proceed (for example, the SQLite exercise has important details buried in a very large and confusing webpage), and likely hate it; those who like the challenge of understanding loads of raw documentation will love it.

[giancarlostoro]

Sounds like I might as well not pay them a penny though if its research that I can do myself instead.

[pizza234]

It's more complex than that. People may need stimulation in order to follow through a certain learning process.

Providing a structured path and (automated) test means can be stimulating, and can make the difference between (deciding to) learning something or not.

Some people are certainly entirely autonomous, but at the very least, there is a spectrum of need for stimulation when approaching a topic of study.

[giancarlostoro]

I get you, but, I can get subscriptions elsewhere with way more resources for significantly less.

[deepGem]

I have finished their build your own Redis exercise. It is very well organized and there are hints/discord groups in which you get sufficient help if you make the effort.

This model is great for someone who loses patience with all the groundwork setup.

However, I do agree that the next leg is taking this MVP/Prototype level to production and ideally sell it as a real alternative to the commercial version of Redis.

[suncherta]

Yes, that's the one. Thank you.