Phase 1: Challenge Sprint
Challenge Sprint
Recticode is a platform for real-world debugging challenges designed to simulate production engineering problems.
Submit debugging challenges. Help build the library. The best submissions get featured.
May 04 - May 31, 2025
Timeline
Challenge SprintMay 04-31
→ReviewJun 01
→Debugging ChampionshipJun 01-14
→Results
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Why participate?
- —Design a real-world production-style bug
- —Showcase your ability to model realistic systems
- —Get featured as an official recticode challenge author
- —Contribute to a challenge library used by real engineers
Submission requirements
- 1.Multi-file project (minimum 3 files)
- 2.Intentional bug (subtle, real-world style)
- 3.Realistic commit history showing incremental development
- 4.Short context explaining what should happen
See the full guide at github.com/Recticode/.github/CreateChallenge.md
Bonus: Multiple contributors or a believable development timeline.
Judging criteria
- —Realism of the bug (does it feel like a real production issue)
- —Technical depth (multi-file reasoning, not trivial)
- —Clarity of context and expected behaviour
- —Educational value
Submissions are reviewed manually. Final decisions are made by the recticode team. Accepted challenges become part of the recticode open challenge library.
Recognition
This is a merit-based competition focused on engineering signal.
- —Official certificate of participation (PDF, shareable on LinkedIn)
- —Special badges on your recticode profile
- —Featured on the recticode homepage
- —Public winner announcement
- —Priority access to future beta features
- —Opportunity to become a recticode challenge author
Sponsors
Recticode is community funded. Sponsorship keeps the platform free and helps cover infrastructure costs.