Codebash
Messenger bot that sends daily updates about events from competitive coding platforms (codechef, codeforces etc) to the users to level up their contest participation
Created on 13th March 2021
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Codebash
Messenger bot that sends daily updates about events from competitive coding platforms (codechef, codeforces etc) to the users to level up their contest participation
The problem Codebash solves
With so many events and contests happening daily on various websites, its easy to miss these contests if we dont track them properly. Once subscribe to codebash bot, the bot send details about events on that particular day via messenger daily. Also, we can check anybody else's competitive rating by sending their username to the bot. This would help CP enthusiasts stay up to date with the events and practice CP in an effective way.
Challenges we ran into
In a chatbot the only source of user input is the text messages, which makes it similar to designing a CLI application. We faced challanges while developing the whole flow of signing up and subscribing user to differerent sites, and later recognizing the intent of the recieved messages. Other challenges include working remotely, merging conflicts and adhering to the deadline.
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