[HN Gopher] Free coding exercises for budding gophers (2017)
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       Free coding exercises for budding gophers (2017)
        
       Author : philonoist
       Score  : 59 points
       Date   : 2022-03-27 11:58 UTC (2 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (gophercises.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (gophercises.com)
        
       | yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
       | > Gophercises is free, but you need to provide a working email
       | address to gain access. I won't spam you and unsubscribing is
       | very easy.
       | 
       | Er, why? It's just a bunch of exercises and lessons, right?
       | Gating it behind a sign up seems completely artificial, and
       | something that would only be worth doing if you wanted to spam
       | people or sell their data.
        
         | sremani wrote:
         | It is definitely part of sales funnel, but it was light touch
         | sales. I have played with it and can vouch that the mails are
         | not spammy.
        
         | diogenesjunior wrote:
         | how do u measure users without sign up? if i want somebody to
         | invest in my website i need to say "i have x amount of users",
         | which i can run a sql or whatever db i have command to see. a
         | fake email takes 2-3 minutes to make.
        
           | yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
           | You can have user accounts without requiring an email at all.
           | Or, you can look at page hits and use that as a proxy
           | measure.
        
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         | zachruss92 wrote:
         | This is a free "course" in the author's platform. He has paid
         | courses that he occasionally sends emails about when he has
         | promotions. I'm quite stringent about what I unsubscribe to and
         | his emails have not come even close to that threshold.
         | 
         | Imo the challenges are well thought out as are the solutions. I
         | feel giving my e-mail up is a good exchange of value. I'll
         | probably end up buying one of his courses eventually.
        
           | yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
           | So that _is_ spam; it 's nice that it's low-impact and not
           | too awful, but can you understand why I might be a bit put
           | out at someone saying "I won't spam you" and then sending
           | unsolicited marketing emails?
        
             | chrisdave wrote:
             | It's generally accepted (at least by those who allow google
             | to shape their worldview, which is pretty much everyone
             | except maybe you) that there is a difference in degree if
             | not in kind between spam and promotional emails.
        
               | babarock wrote:
               | Count me as a 2nd person who doesn't see the difference
               | between spam and promotional emails. Any unsolicited
               | email that is detailing product offers and prices is
               | spam.
               | 
               | I am not sure what google-shaped worldview has to do with
               | anything. Maybe I don't understand your comment at all.
        
               | TastyJhinga wrote:
               | Anything unsolicited is spam irrespective of how good or
               | useful the content is. The website says "I won't spam
               | you", so I kinda assume that my email is only used for
               | notifications.
        
       | trptcolin wrote:
       | Super useful exercises, very practical. I can definitely see
       | myself doing some of the paid courses if I'm focused on Go at
       | work longer-term.
        
       | T_ReV wrote:
       | Can anyone recommend similar exercises for python and javascript?
        
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