Question

What is your review of Codechef ?

Answer 1

Good things : 

1)Have good amount of quality-algorithmic problems for practice (mainly past cookoff and lunchtime contests) 

2)In codechef discuss forum , you are much more likely to get help regarding a coding problem or about some problem related with your code . 

Bad things : 

1)Very bad contest management : They always have server problems in their short-rated contests . From January-2020 till January-2021 ,  they have had server issues in atleast 10 contests . Their admin(s) keep saying that they are using new technology and this time servers will be better . But what always happens at the end is  : Their problems dont load during contest and you get verdict about your solution an hour later .  Participants are very frustrated  and they have shown their anger at many places online . Most blame unacademy acquiring codechef  .  As their main focus is selling their over-expensive competitive programming courses via unacademy rather than fixing their website so people can do competitive programming .  Their website is being called trash by most people nowdays. 

 

2)Too much cheating : In most of the long challenges , 25,000+ people participate , and 75% of them are always found cheating as 10 days are enough for them to get solutions to questions via youtube,friends,telegram,etc. No actions are taken by codechef to stop the mass cheating . Cheaters upload youtube solution-videos of problems on 2nd-3rd day of the contest and by the 10th day, there  are 25,000+ views on those videos. Codechef rating has lost its value . Most of the cheating is done , so students can falunt their rating on linkedin , and get recruiters to notice them . But they still fail in interviews . 

3)Admins/Moderators disctatorship : These people on codechef ban anyone when a person tries to criticize codechef or criticize them . 

4)They never take countless feedback(s) given by people to them . Their only aim is too earn as much money as possible for unacademy by selling bad cp courses for 30,000 INR .