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New and intermediate coders produce code that works but is poorly organized, hard to read, and buggy. Current solutions (e.g., IDE linters, static checkers, or autoformatters) fix syntax and style but don't instruct why changes matter. Students and junior developers continue to replicate poor practices, leading to technical debt and extended development into professional-level coding. CQE+OST is an intelligent coding guide that automatically enhances raw code into readable, high-performance, and easy-to-maintain code and acts as an on-screen teacher. It marks errors, reformats the code nicely, and comments each fix in simple words. It is a code reviewer/mentor combination. Code Quality Enhancer (CQE): Sanitizes and optimizes submitted code. Fixes bugs, name conflicts, and inefficiencies. Imposes best practices on the target language. On-Screen Teacher (OST): Illustrates side-by-side comparison: original to improved. Annotates changes with reasons ("Renamed variable for clarity," "Used iteration instead of recursion to prevent stack overflow," etc.). Recommends further learning materials (docs, tutorials). Audience : Students & Self-learners: Don't only learn what works, but why. Universities & Bootcamps: Supplement instruction with personalized feedback. Junior Developers: Get real-time mentorship without flooding senior engineers. To be noted : Unlike IDE linters (which report issues but don't explain solutions). More effective than AI code generation tools (which offer solutions but not education). It bridges the gap between functional code and professional code allowing millions of students to build sustainable coding habits. It not only writes better code, but it also develops the thinking that goes into building good software. The Code Quality Enhancer + On-Screen Teacher (CQE+OST) needs a web-based application with a frontend (React + Monaco Editor) to paste/upload code and see side-by-side original and improved versions. The backend is based on language-specific linters/parsers (e.g., clang-tidy for C, pylint for Python) combined with an AI-based layer to provide human-like explanations of the improvements. A sandboxed development environment (Docker) provides secure code analysis, while a PostgreSQL database holds submissions, refactored code, and annotations. Automated refactoring, style and efficiency corrections, and annotated feedback suitable for beginners are core functionalities.

Online games have always caught the eyes of millions but programming is still seen as boring and isolating. Most people lose interest in coding after just a few weeks since they lack that competitive thrill or the motivation to push them forward. Similarly, hiring and recruiting is also a very outdated system, they struggle to find creative people and interviews often fail to get people who perform well under pressure. Code Royale bridges this gap by bringing an online competitive arena turning coding into an esport.

Code Royale is an online platform where coders from around the world can go head to head in real-time programming battles. Players are matched based on their skill level, making each matchup fair. Each win earns them “bounties,” which is an in-game currency that helps them to climb up the leaderboard. Just like how gamers focus on getting their ranks up, coders now have a reason to work hard and sharpen their skills to go up the rankings. Code Royale can also host branded challenges and allow the recruiters to see how the players solve problems in real time, showcasing their creativity and ability to work under pressure.

The risk of cheating with AI can be a huge concern but players compete in sandboxed environment, where they only have access to whitelisted documents. Monitoring keystroke patterns and comparing competitor keystrokes can help us narrow down the players who are using AI. Most matchups can be spectated by audience and their reporting further strengthens integrity. Additionally, including real-time debugging where new errors pop up live forces participants to solve it by themselves rather than use AI. Also each player receives slightly different variations of the same problem set. I believe this idea benefits everyone. For coders it makes coding fun again by turning countless hours of practice into a game of skill and growth; just like Counter Strike or Call of Duty and for recruiters it helps them to hire talent globally.

Personally this matters to me because I see programming just like any other game. Similar to chess, you can’t memorise a few moves and openings and become great at it, it requires consistency, practice and the desire to be better than others. Coding is the same, competitiveness, ego and wanting to be the best are essential to stand out from the crowd. In today’s age where machines can solve most of the problems, what stands out is uniqueness and Code Royale brings that to the table. If I had to sum up Code Royale in one line it would be, “Programming reimagined as a sport”.