Free coding exercises for budding gophers (2017)

by philonoist • 4 years ago

69 13 4 years ago

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• 4 years ago

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• 4 years ago

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-h3• 4 years ago

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.

zachruss922• 4 years ago

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-h3• 4 years ago

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?

trptcolin• 4 years ago

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• 4 years ago

Can anyone recommend similar exercises for python and javascript?

Free coding exercises for budding gophers (2017)

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