Ukrainian robot_dreams launched a contest for "shit coders" - they give $1000 for the "weirdest" one-line code

The Ukrainian educational platform robot_dreams has launched a competition for "bad coders," where the winner will receive a cash prize for the most bizarre one-liner code.

The company states that the goal is to energize the Ukrainian IT community and foster creativity — and, of course, this serves as a good marketing move since the prize money will only be offered as a deposit, which can be spent on any of their courses.

How to participate?

• Registration for the competition can be done via a bot on Telegram (they will ask for your email and phone number).
• Participants will then be prompted to solve one of the tasks (or come up with their own) using only a single line of code (up to 1000 characters in any programming language).
• The author of the most unusual code will receive a trophy and a $1000 deposit.

The jury consists of experts from leading IT companies in Ukraine — GlobalLogic, SoftServe, and Universe Group. Winners will be selected based on the following criteria: idea interest, execution originality, and, of course, code correctness and efficiency.

The results will be announced on October 31.