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Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 9v0060943bdb000000000203

Migrated to Postgres!

Celebration completion of this project. https://github.com/igrigorik/vimgolf/pull/322

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Vimgolf runs on MongoDB.

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Vimgolf now runs on Postgres! 🎉

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--- input.txt   2021-05-06 11:53:14.248777627 -0700
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-Vimgolf runs on MongoDB.
+Vimgolf now runs on Postgres! 🎉

Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

Check out these helpful resources to improve your Vim skills... Game on.

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Created by: @filbranden Tweet

131 active golfers, 331 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#31 - vuems / @vuems2win

11/23/2022 at 12:01AM

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#32 - でよ / @tada_kun8

01/25/2023 at 03:02AM

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#33 - usermod / @g_usermod

02/10/2023 at 07:51AM

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#34 - fzkhzk / @fzkhzk

08/18/2023 at 03:58AM

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#35 - Lennart / @lennartack

05/07/2024 at 10:11PM

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#36 - noname / @1____NULL____0

07/12/2021 at 10:59AM

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#37 - Abdelrahman Madkour / @A3Madkour

08/24/2022 at 03:00PM

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#38 - Dan / @dstein64

05/06/2021 at 07:30PM

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#39 - Ravi S Sinha / @ambidextrousTx

05/06/2021 at 09:05PM

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#40 - Protect the economy. Work at work. / @mrcornflakes

05/07/2021 at 03:42PM

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#41 - xing yang / @yangxing844

05/08/2021 at 03:19PM

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#42 - simplelife2010 / @simplelife20101

05/12/2021 at 10:47PM

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#43 - せいほう / @FICSQF

05/18/2021 at 11:30AM

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#44 - Calarasanu Andrei / @_fanfani4_

05/24/2021 at 06:25AM

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#45 - Marcus / @marcusostling94

06/10/2021 at 07:33PM

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#46 - Georg Bökman / @BokmanGeorg

07/02/2021 at 02:58PM

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#47 - Sean Gloumeau / @svarq428

07/26/2021 at 10:56PM

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#48 - chen chang ting / @chen41283922

07/28/2021 at 04:18PM

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#49 - mevmev / @mevmev8

07/29/2021 at 10:55PM

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#50 - Yondonjamts Ganzorig / @yondonjamts_g

08/11/2021 at 09:00AM

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#51 - Maorun / @Maorun11

08/13/2021 at 04:13PM

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#52 - zai / @zaidhaaan

09/12/2021 at 02:26PM

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#53 - 深窓の令嬢@ドクター / @arbino1031

12/18/2021 at 10:17AM

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#54 - TimMcGuire / @mcguire

01/13/2022 at 08:48PM

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#55 - Andreas Siegrist / @andreaszwei

01/28/2022 at 09:03AM

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#56 - deusthe / @deusthe91

02/10/2022 at 07:45AM

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#57 - Ramtin Martin / @martin_ramtin

04/01/2022 at 09:18AM

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#58 - Andreas Aumann / @andreasaumann

04/10/2022 at 04:57PM

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#59 - ._. / @Katharsic

04/24/2022 at 07:24AM

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#60 - sap / @sap38838304

10/03/2022 at 03:28PM