Computer & Information Sciences
Software Development Challenges
Real software-development projects on Ewance — write, test, and ship working code against briefs that mirror the job. Solve them to build a portfolio of verified, recruiter-checkable proof you can do the work — not just describe it.
Recommended challenges
- CodeSeniorNew
Diagnose Memory Corruption in a Trading-Firm Order Gateway
Read the 8k-line allocator + order-pool code (provided), plus 3 production crash dumps and 14 hours of pre-crash telemetry. Hypothesize root cause (likely candidates: use-after-…
- Cpp Programming
- Manual Memory Management
- Pointers
Imperative and Low-Level Programming - CodeBeginnerNew
Performance Optimization for a Slow Storefront
Run Lighthouse + WebPageTest baselines on 3 representative pages (home, product detail, cart). Set up Real User Monitoring (RUM) via Vercel Analytics or web-vitals.js. Ship 5 di…
- Web Performance
- Core Web Vitals
- Nextjs
Web Application Development - CodeIntermediateNew
Multi-Tenant SaaS Backend with Postgres Row Security
Design the multi-tenant schema: shared tables with a tenant_id column, indexed appropriately. Write a forward + backward migration (using Drizzle or Prisma). Implement Postgres …
- Multi Tenant Architecture
- Postgresql
- Row Level Security
Web Application Development - ResearchIntermediateNew
Compiler Fuzzing Campaign on a Production C Backend
Stand up a Csmith-based generator producing 200,000+ random valid C programs over the campaign. Differential-test the target backend against a baseline C compiler (matching opti…
- Fuzzing
- Differential Testing
- Test Case Minimization
Advanced Compilers and Program Optimization Practice your coursework on real scenarios.
Every challenge is shaped from real-world context — not generic exercises. The work mirrors what your degree prepares you for.
Why Ewance
- CodeBeginnerNew
Native Android Sensor App for Wildlife Conservation Field Surveys
Build a Kotlin + Jetpack Compose Android app targeting API 31+ (covers the field rangers' rugged devices). Implement: GPS-tagged sighting records with species + count + photo, b…
- Mobile Development
- Android Kotlin
- Sensors
Mobile Application Development - CodeSeniorNew
Design a Polyhedral Loop-Tiling Strategy for a Tensor DSL
Study the DSL's IR (provided, MLIR-based with linalg-style ops). Choose a tiling strategy (rectangular tiling with cost-modeled tile sizes is the safe baseline; full polyhedral …
- Polyhedral Analysis
- Loop Tiling
- Mlir
Advanced Compilers and Program Optimization - CodeBeginnerNew
Convert an Imperative Recommendation Service to Pure Functional Style
Take the Python ranking module (around 900 lines). Identify side-effects (DB reads, cache lookups, logging, time) and lift them to the boundary. Rewrite the ranking core in Scal…
- Scala Programming
- Pure Functions
- Functional Core Imperative Shell
Functional Programming
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