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How codeforces backend is made?
By yadv, history, 3 years ago, In English

I wanted to know that how codeforces backend is made / can be made. Couldn't find any article/blog so thought of asking. I know it may sound pretty basic to some but just wanted to know out of curiosity:D

Wanted to know:

  • The tech stack used

  • How authentication is handled

  • How every users data is stored, like previous history etc.

  • How upcoming contest opens / happens within a fixed time window

  • How the questions are loaded and submission/score count happens for every user.

  • How the final leaderboard is calculated and displayed

  • How the security is maintained.

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3 years ago, # |
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as one wise man once said: "to hack something, you need to know how it works".

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    Now after this post there is a queue problem in CF. You know what I mean ;)

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For authentication, they are using firebase.

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Using oops

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