Challenge Sprint
Recticode is a platform for real-world debugging challenges designed to simulate production engineering problems.
Submit debugging challenges. Help build the library. The best submissions get featured.
July 16 - July 31, 2026
Timeline
Submissions open in
Why participate?
- —Design a real-world production-style bug
- —Showcase your ability to model realistic systems
- —Get featured as an official recticode challenge author
- —Contribute to a challenge library used by real engineers
Submission requirements
- 1.Multi-file project (minimum 3 files)
- 2.Intentional bug (subtle, real-world style)
- 3.Realistic commit history showing incremental development
- 4.Short context explaining what should happen
See the full guide at github.com/Recticode/.github/CreateChallenge.md
Bonus: Multiple contributors or a believable development timeline.
Judging criteria
- —Realism of the bug (does it feel like a real production issue)
- —Technical depth (multi-file reasoning, not trivial)
- —Clarity of context and expected behaviour
- —Educational value
Submissions are reviewed manually. Final decisions are made by the recticode team. Accepted challenges become part of the recticode open challenge library.
Recognition
This is a merit-based competition focused on engineering signal.
- —Official certificate of participation (PDF, shareable on LinkedIn)
- —Special badges on your recticode profile
- —Featured on the recticode homepage
- —Public winner announcement
- —Priority access to future beta features
- —Opportunity to become a recticode challenge author
Sponsor prizes
Featured sponsor
Boot.dev is supporting the Recticode hackathon with participant prizes and a grand prize for the championship.
- —Accepted challenge authors can qualify for Boot.dev participant prizes
- —Participant prizes are shared across both Recticode hackathon events
Sponsor the hackathon
Recticode is looking for sponsor credits, licences, swag, and other useful prizes for hackathon participants and winners.
Email vulcan@recticode.com to sponsor the hackathon.