diff --git a/blogs/codedex-update-december-2024.mdx b/blogs/codedex-update-december-2024.mdx index f72a249..3a55b58 100644 --- a/blogs/codedex-update-december-2024.mdx +++ b/blogs/codedex-update-december-2024.mdx @@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ In November, we revamped our landing page, course page, sign-up page, and added #### New Python Header -Introducing our new Python header – brought to life by our talented friend, MeeNa. This art piece is the first of five upcoming headers designed to worldbuild, shape our lore, and further differentiate our brand. Stay tuned for more! +Introducing our new Python header – brought to life by our talented friend, MeeNa [@moawko](https://x.com/moawko). This art piece is the first of five upcoming headers designed to worldbuild, shape our lore, and further differentiate our brand. Stay tuned for more! -### Mini Holiday Hackathon +#### Mini Holiday Hackathon #### Java Course @@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ Turning our hackathon workshops into videos = 7 new YouTube videos dropping soon #### December 2024 Changelog -##### Curriculum +**Curriculum** - ☕️ Launched 4 Chapters of Java in 4 weeks. Our userbase highly requested Java due to its role in AP Computer Science and Android development. - ➕ Launched C++ Chapter 3. -##### Product +**Product** - 🏠 Launched new User Dashboard (must be logged in to view). - 🖼️ Launched new Python course header. @@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ We ship every week. View our Weekly Changelogs here. - 🎯 Kick off Q1 OKRs with the team. - 🏋️ Kick off January Exercise Challenge. -- 💰 Attend Hustle Fund’s Redwood School and collab with Deck Doctors. - 🧠 Launch our top-secret Codédex Creator Program. Apply here by 1/31! - 📝 Publish Java Chapter 5: Arrays and C++ Chapter 4: Loops. - 📝 Launch two project tutorials: @@ -87,27 +86,7 @@ We ship every week. View our Weekly Changelogs here. - 🚀 Ship Builds hosting for Web projects. - 🎨 HTML and JavaScript course headers. -#### Foundation Complete - -Codédex began with a single vision in mind: build a minimum lovable product (MLP) that can grow into a future where the next one billion technologists from all over the globe come together to learn, practice, build, and level up. - -In a world where technology is evolving at an exponential pace, AI will radically reshape the software landscape, automating the mundane, amplifying creativity, and turning ideas into reality faster than ever before. To thrive in this new era, technologists must embrace lifelong learning and adaptivity as the very foundation of their growth. - -Armed with $1M in pre-seed funding in 2023, we’ve built something that we knew could be more than just another edtech platform. Since then, we've hit some incredible milestones: -- 275K registered users across 192 countries. -- Partnered with brands like GitHub, General Assembly, and Wix. - -The response has been overwhelming. Our users love Codédex. And I mean really love. Our paid users come back more than six times a week, raving about Codédex to their friends & colleagues. - -It’s not just online, too. We recently did a #CodedexCampusTour, and there were lines around the block at the events. The venues were packed full of our superusers and their friends: - -But this is just the beginning. - -At Codédex, our north star is to change how the world learns and plays – forever. We believe in the power of play and the untapped potential where learning intersects with gaming. - -This is where magic happens. - -We’re building Codédex to be the world’s first one-stop shop for learning tech skills alongside a thriving community that inspires creativity and collaboration. And push the next generation of builders to think bigger, dream bolder, and shape the future together. 🔮 +If you've read this far, thank you for your support. Join us in 2025.