Computer Science
Programming Fundamentals Challenges
Programming Fundamentals challenges put you inside the work of writing code that is correct, readable and fast. You'll build core skills in functions & data structures, object-oriented design and design patterns, work in Python or JavaScript, and learn to do code reading and refactoring the way teams expect.
From there you'll tackle the harder edges — algorithm analysis, complexity analysis, graph algorithms and generics & type systems — pushing into performance engineering, low-latency programming patterns and systems-language proficiency (Go, Rust, C++). Each challenge you solve earns a verified credential you can share with recruiters.
- CodeSeniorNew
Implement Distributed Shared Memory Over RDMA for a Trading Firm
Build a DSM library in C++ exposing a region API (allocate, read, write, free). Use ibverbs for RDMA primitives (one-sided read/write, atomics for the directory). Implement dire…
- Distributed Systems Design
- Rdma
- Consistency Models
Advanced Operating Systems - CodeSeniorNew
Build a Unikernel for a Privacy-Focused VPN Provider
Choose either MirageOS or Unikraft as the unikernel framework. Build an image running a minimal WireGuard data plane (existing OCaml or Rust WireGuard reference implementation i…
- Unikernels
- Virtualization
- Wireguard
Advanced Operating Systems - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Multi-Level Feedback Queue Scheduler in xv6
Fork the xv6-riscv repository and implement MLFQ in proc.c with 3 priority queues, per-queue time slices (10ms / 20ms / 40ms), priority demotion on slice exhaustion, and a 100ms…
- Operating Systems
- Scheduling
- C Programming
Operating Systems - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Evaluate OS-Level Containment for a Multi-Tenant Edge Platform
Set up reproducible environments for gVisor, Firecracker, and Wasmtime on identical hardware (4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM). Run the platform's 4 workload archetypes (anonymized): API proxy…
- Containment
- Virtualization
- Wasm
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Every challenge is shaped from real-world context — not generic exercises. The work mirrors what your degree prepares you for.
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Step 03
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