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🎄✨🎉 So You Think You Can Code? - 2025 Advent Calendar 🎉✨🎄
Artwork by Finley Sinclaire
🌐 About This Calendar
Welcome, fellow digital architects, pixel tinkerers, and code wizards!
Inspired by the success of the Shader Advent Calendar 2024 arranged by the astute coder Mårten Rånge (@mrange), I’m expanding the scope to welcome a wider range of topics. This year, we’re throwing open the doors to all things geeky, code, web, demoscene, and retro—whatever coding-related things spark your joy!
The “So You Think You Can Code? - 2025 Advent Calendar” is a month-long celebration of digital creativity. Each day from December 1st to 25th, we’ll unwrap a new “door” revealing a unique, educational, and engaging contribution from the community.
🎯 What We’re Looking For
The scope is wide open! If it involves clever code, a geeky concept, or a cool trick, we want to see it. Submissions should be small, self-contained, and easily shareable.
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| 🌐 Web Projects | Tiny helper functions in TypeScript/JavaScript, clever CSS animations, lightweight backend logic, or neat browser API usage/apps. |
| 🤖 Hardware & Embedded | Code for microcontrollers (Arduino, ESP32, Raspberry Pi Pico), basic robotics, I/O programming, or clever device hacks. |
| 🎨 Demoscene & Graphics | Shader Art (GLSL/HLSL/WGSL), procedural generation, visualizers, or small canvas/WebGL experiments. |
| 🔧 Code Tricks & Tips | A powerful utility function in Rust, Python, or Go, a clever algorithm implementation, or a smart deployment trick. |
| 🔓 Hacking & Security | Ethical explorations of algorithms, simple encryption/decryption routines, or explanations of reverse engineering concepts. |
| 💾 Retro Computing | Assembly/BASIC code for old platforms (e.g., C64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, Atari, MS-DOS PC), retro palettes, emulation notes, or hardware tricks. |
| 💡 Open for Suggestions! | Don’t see your topic here? Pitch it! We welcome any other geeky coding ideas! |
🗣️ Community & Participation
How to Claim a Day
- Check the Schedule: Look at the table below to see which dates are marked as ‘TBA’.
- Open an Issue: To reserve your spot, simply open a new Issue on this repository with the title: “Claiming Day XX” (e.g., “Claiming Day 12”).
- Wait for Confirmation: An organizer will confirm your slot and update the table below.
📧 Alternate Submission Method (No GitHub Required!)
If you prefer not to use Git or GitHub, you can always email or contact us (e.g., via Twitter, Discord, or send an email to the following address — magnus.thor74@gmail.com). We will make sure your claimed contribution gets published!
Submission Requirements
- Essential Files: Your assigned folder must include a
README.mdexplaining the thing ouf yours, and should contain all necessary code, links, images, and other artifacts to demonstrate your contribution. - Submit a PR: Fork the repo, add your content to your date’s folder, and submit a Pull Request well ahead of your assigned date.
🎅 So You Think You Can Code? Schedule
(This table will be updated as slots are claimed and Pull Requests are merged. Check the Issues Tab for the most current availability!)
💖 Thank You
A huge thank you in advance to every contributor who makes this calendar a showcase of skill and inspiration. Let’s make this the most diverse and exciting coding Advent Calendar yet!