Show HN: An open-source Socratic coach for competitive programming

Category: devtools

Tags: chrome-extension, competitive-programming, socratic-tutoring, openai, education

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

Socratic Algo Coach is a Chrome side-panel extension that acts as a Socratic tutor for competitive programming, reading problem statements from sites like LeetCode and Codeforces and guiding users via focused questions rather than answers. It runs entirely client-side with the user's own OpenAI API key, includes a response guard against spoilers, and supports an inspectable learner profile. The concept is interesting for preserving productive struggle, though it depends on a specific model access tier.

Target audience: competitive programmers, students learning algorithms, backend developers practicing DSA

Repository: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/socratic-algo-coach/inppdfdpenccjiggnlfaomfnckadoaoi · TypeScript · MIT

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