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Ruby 1.9 hashes - 1244 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #200 / 406
  • Number of attempts: 1
Shebangs for all - 1999 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #172 / 516
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse Simple Deletion - 850 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #107 / 459
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment, increment, increment.... - 689 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #121 / 409
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Cake is a Lie - 1349 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #71 / 528
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12856 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #776 / 3707
  • Number of attempts: 2
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