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Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

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How is "code golf" compatible with "practical"? [duplicate]

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Sort answer chaining questions by newest by default [duplicate]

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The many users of CGCC

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Loopholes that are forbidden by default

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What happened to the Twitter bot?

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How to post on this site?

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Is print() in JavaScript solutions legitimate?

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Rules for "Language Name" to use in a challenge

CommunityBot

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Where to find an online testing environment for specific programming languages?

Weird Glyphs

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List of bounties with no deadline

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Golfing Class of a language

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Is using x for × allowed?

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Does this standard loophole contain a loophole?

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PSA: Piet editor URL has changed to piet.bubbler.blue

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Language of the Month for July 2022: Piet

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Default for Code Golf: Input/Output methods

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2024: a year in moderation

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How can I get my challenge reopened?

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Can we get a draft feature?

Kai Burghardt

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Please welcome The Nineteenth Byte's newest room owners (2024)!

The Empty String Photographer

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Best of PPCG 2019 – Now Accepting Nominations!

Kamila Szewczyk

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What are the standard requirements for answering a [random] challenge?

ATaco

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How are line breaks and formatting counted for code golf challenges?

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Proposal for a 2024 room owner election for The Nineteenth Byte

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In memory of Razetime

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Does this count as hard-coding the output?

The Fifth Marshal

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Searching the Sandbox is somewhat broken

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Should we add more warnings/notifications before letting a new user post?

SlateStaffMod

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modified Aug 27, 2024 at 16:18

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Should we update our ask question page?

SlateStaffMod

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modified Aug 27, 2024 at 16:17

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Definitive policy about answers not meeting the challenge specification

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The meta FAQ bloat

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Why did my post just get edited? Why is meta full of old questions?

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Things to avoid when writing challenges

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What are the winning criteria I can use for my challenge?

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Community FAQ for Code Golf and Coding Challenges

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Correct flag usage on invalid submissions

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Interpretation of Truthy/Falsey

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Why do we have objective winning criteria?

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modified Aug 19, 2024 at 20:09

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Where should non-challenge questions go?

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How to count bytes FAQ

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What makes winning criteria "objective"?

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How does this site work?

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How long should I wait before accepting an answer?

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Should submissions be allowed to exit with an error?

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Default for Code Golf: Program, Function or Snippet?

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