Build hands-on dev challenges that educate and inspire

Hi everyone!

Thank you, Ben, for hunting us.

My team and I are excited to announce the new Wilco Quest Builder, our first big post-launch update to the Wilco platform. Starting today, anyone can build “quests”—interactive challenges that utilize Wilco’s production-like environment—and publish them.

We came up with Wilco to help developers acquire and practice marketable skills, something that’s usually achieved only through work. That’s why our main UI is Snack, a (totally unique) messaging service where users get their assignments in the form of messages from co-workers and not bulleted task lists. It’s also why we use GitHub extensively, like a workplace might.

The Quest Builder expands on this vision by opening up the tools we use to create quests. * Feeling like helping devs around the world by replicating a complicated issue you faced once and letting them solve it? * Looking to complement the coding lessons you’re giving? * Exploring new ways to onboard employees or prepare them for on-call? * Trying to preserve knowledge in your team by capturing lessons learned during the project in a fun and interactive format? * Just want to build something fun for a community you’re part of?

The builder is open to anyone: individuals, teams, communities, and businesses. We probably haven’t even considered 99% of use cases for it. This is fine because it’s all about giving you the right tools: the SDK, the documentation, and a platform that can simulate a production system (including simulated load and third-party service integrations).

We can’t wait to see what you will create!