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I built a free alternative to CodeCrafters, because it's 2026 and I'm done paying to learn

Rubaiyat Siam on June 01, 2026

I'll be upfront: I love the CodeCrafters idea. Building real systems from scratch instead of grinding another tutorial is genuinely how a lot of th...
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Youssef Hadroug •

Hey, I want to congratulate you on this work. It is truly amazing to see such a strong commitment to helping the community without charging for it.

I was really eager to test your platform, and it has been a great experience so far. However, there is one small but important addition that I hope you can implement soon: GitHub repository integration alongside the embedded IDE. This would utterly improve the experience and facilitates the work .

Thank you!

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Rubaiyat Siam •

we've added GitHub integration. You can now use your own IDE, code locally, and push to a public GitHub repo — we'll grade it and give you a score for each lesson. We've also added free certification: when you complete a course, you'll receive a free certificate that anyone can verify.

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Rubaiyat Siam •

For now, we don't have that much server capability to integrate it. Please share it with your friends so we are able to grow and implement more features

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Rubaiyat Siam •

we've added GitHub integration. You can now use your own IDE, code locally, and push to a public GitHub repo — we'll grade it and give you a score for each lesson. We've also added free certification: when you complete a course, you'll receive a free certificate that anyone can verify.

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Fire Dingo •

Thank you so much! I love your idea!

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Kumar Lodha •

Created an account to say Thank You !

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Rubaiyat Siam •

thanks

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Simonas Pacauskas • • Edited

Hey,

I will try out your free platform! Can't wait to build something.

Thank you!

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Rubaiyat Siam •

your welcome

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Saumil Shah •

Do you even review the websites content ?
Just look at your base64 course. At first stage itself, it asks to encode/decode without showing any underlying logic.

The site is AI slop, looks fine, but is mostly useless.

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Rubaiyat Siam • • Edited

How many courses did you go though? Also there is a peer review system you can review the course content maybe apply there? Be useful for the community complaining like a useless person wont help.

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Paolo Ragudo •

Hey, just wanna say what you're doing is really great and is a godsend for developers looking to level up their skill and expand their knowledge!

I'm about to start with the build your own Redis project, and I was wondering: will the platform just provide you guides and structured steps, or will it involve a bit of handing over the solutions (the starting file and plumbing kind of stuff).