[darkFunction]

I think it's a great idea. I would rather a set of tutorials though. I don't want to email and waste somebody's time if I'm not able to commit to anything.

[kristoffer]

You're only wasting cpu cycles ... you're emailing a bot.

[uulbiy]

Actually, it's processed by a script (a bot if you like), however, if something fails a person replies to you. This is the problem with many of the challengers. When everything is ok they proceed, when something fails[1] it might take weeks to get a reply.

[1]: failure might be because of a corner case or an implementation not working on a specific configuration.

[dezgeg]

The author _says_ that it's done by shell scripts, but in reality he's checking them by hand (i.e. in the coding tasks you get actual code review).

[darkFunction]

I see. In that case, why not just put the exercises online?

[farresito]

To get used to the kernel way of sending patches: email.

[kristoffer]

Gamification ... you need to "level up" to get new challenges.