Escape from /dev/null

Weekend algorithmic smackdown in preparation for /dev/null!

http://tretton37.com/blog/algorithm-challenge?utm_content=bufferb26a0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Algorithm Challenge For all of you eagerly awaiting the upcoming devnull developer game in February, we’re arranging a series of weekend algorithmic challenges!ß

Back to Sweden! Next up we're hosted by tretton37 in Lund! mark 2015-10-31 in your calendars: http://escapedevnull.com/instance/devnull-with-tretton37-malmolund/

/dev/null with tretton37 (Malmö/Lund) ‹ escape from /dev/null /dev/null with tretton37 (Malmö/Lund) Start 31 October 2015 Venue Hypoteket We’re very happy to be hosted by the exceptional consultancy-house tretton37! Finally back in Sweden again – this time closer to the continent, in Lund. We’re still crawling dungeons and writing code to solve algorithmic cha…

Here's the finale of he event last Saturday in Bucharest :D

Update on prizes. We're letting you peek a little bit on the stuff we have in store for the game in Bucharest the 25th;
http://swdc.se/devnull/instance/devnull-google-romania-bucharest/

/dev/null with Google (Bucharest) ‹ escape from /dev/null /dev/null with Google (Bucharest) Start 25 October 2014 9:00am Venue Impact Hub What is Escape from /dev/null? TL;DR: Escape from /dev/null is a combination of a web-based multi-user board game, a programming competition and a science fiction or fantasy story (depending on scenario). The event wil…

We now have a first peek at the prizes on the game-board for the Seattle event March 8th.

Among he things you'll unlock can be found an Xbox One, a Pebble smartwatch, a 27" monitor and a Nexus Android tablet.

We're close to closing down the registration, so please register now if you're planning on attending;

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18wwZliXoPvT7ieWpcWwZ8sqqj_s5ArNgU2noF4lxHtY/viewform

I finally got round to write an in-depth article that explain how Escape from /dev/null works from a participants perspective. WARNING - some spoilers :)

http://unclescript.blogspot.se/2014/02/developer-games-how-do-they-work.html

Script Uncle: Developer games - how do they work?

We just got word from Hulu that they allow any programming language or platform that you know, to solve the problems that the dungeons of /dev/null have in store for you :)

This makes perfect sense since you will be coding against a live web-based API, and you can do that from Clojure, JS (CORS is on), Java, Erlang, Python or what have you.

Don't forget to sign up on time, Hulu's office is cozy but seats only so many...

OK, here's an update with actual pictures from the new Hulu offices; http://swdc.se/devnull/instance/devnull-hulu-2014/ Stay tuned for more info soon..

/dev/null Hulu Seattle 2014 ‹ escape from /dev/null /dev/null Hulu Seattle 2014 Start 8 March 2014 9:00am We’re very proud to present the first /dev/null developer game for Hulu in Seattle, WA!What is Escape from /dev/null?Escape from /dev/null is a combination of a web-based multi-user board game, a programming competition and a science fiction or f...

Time to set of this show in Seattle

/dev/null Hulu Seattle 2013 ‹ escape from /dev/null /dev/null Hulu Seattle 2013Start8 March 2014 9:00amWe’re very proud to present the first /dev/null developer game for Hulu in Seattle, WA!What is Escape from /dev/null?Escape from /dev/null is a combination of a web-based multi-user board game, a programming competition and a science fiction or fant...

Today there was an article on the Swedish idg site about Escape from /dev/null which created a bit of hoopla and led to me getting to knwo some very interesting people.

http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.536945/har-mots-foretag-och-utvecklare

Här möts företag och utvecklare Programmeringstävlingen Escape from dev null ska hjälpa företag att hitta nya utvecklar-talanger.

Some pics from the developer game of 2013-11-23

So, for some of the high-end prizes for next Saturday we have an Oculus Rift SDK, a Littlebits modular Synth kit, some Aruino Yùn and lots of epic SF/F books.

http://swdc.se/devnull/instance/devnull-stockholm-independent-november-2013/

/dev/null Stockholm Independent November 2013 ‹ escape from /dev/null /dev/null Stockholm Independent November 2013Start23 November 2013 9:00amVenueSUP46What is Escape from /dev/null?TL;DR: Escape from /dev/null is a combination of a web-based multi-user board game, a programming competition and a science fiction or fantasy story (depending on scenario). Yes it is :)T...