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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Founded by Nathan Doctor and Jake Hoffner in November 2012, the project initially began at a Startup Weekend competition that year, where it was prototyped. It was awarded first place in that competition, drawing the attention of engineers, and funding interest from two of the judges <a href="/facts/Paige_Craig/QQtqvkMS">Paige Craig</a> (angel investor) and <a href="/facts/Brian_Lee_(entrepreneur)/dnBawVMk">Brian Lee</a> (entrepreneur).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>After building the first production iteration of the platform, it was launched to the <a href="/facts/Hacker_News/YXkJ7SlF">Hacker News</a> community, receiving significant attention for its challenge format and signing up approximately 10,000 users within that weekend.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/CodeFights/nsMa8MWV">CodeFights</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CodinGame/NQ9Cr2hL">CodinGame</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Competitive_programming/lMTnw5Ia">Competitive programming</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/HackerRank/PQ5ElBy1">HackerRank</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.codewars.com">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201028203134/angel.co/company/codewars">AngelList profile</a> (archived on 28 October 2020)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Rutherford-Morrison, Lara (26 June 2017). "6 Best Resources To Learn How To Code". Bustle. Retrieved 14 October 2017. <a href="https://www.bustle.com/p/6-best-resources-to-learn-how-to-code-61104" target="_blank">https://www.bustle.com/p/6-best-resources-to-learn-how-to-code-61104</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Jens, Horst. "Teach coding with games: a review of Codewars and CodeCombat". Opensource.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017. <a href="https://opensource.com/education/15/7/codewars-codecombat-review" target="_blank">https://opensource.com/education/15/7/codewars-codecombat-review</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"How an ES6 Codewars Kata Made Me Look Foolish - DZone Web Dev". dzone.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22. <a href="https://dzone.com/articles/how-my-lack-of-knowledge-in-ecs6-made-me-look-like" target="_blank">https://dzone.com/articles/how-my-lack-of-knowledge-in-ecs6-made-me-look-like</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Qualified - About Us". www.qualified.io. Archived from the original on 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2020-01-22. <a href="https://www.qualified.io/about" target="_blank">https://www.qualified.io/about</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"CodeWars, where development ninjas square off for honor (and possibly jobs?)". Pando. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2020-01-22. <a href="https://pando.com/2012/11/30/codewars-where-development-ninjas-square-off-for-honor-and-possibly-jobs/" target="_blank">https://pando.com/2012/11/30/codewars-where-development-ninjas-square-off-for-honor-and-possibly-jobs/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"CodeWars: the Hacker Society where devs compete | Hacker News". news.ycombinator.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22. <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4786171" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4786171</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>