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DualDev
Real-time 1v1 coding live battles with an AI judge
DualDev is a real-time 1v1 coding battle platform — two developers, same problem, live timer. What makes it different: → Opponent Silhouette — see your opponent's code structure masked as ▓▓▓ blocks. Spot if they're using a hashmap or brute force, without seeing their actual code. → AI Judge — evaluates both solutions at match end on correctness, efficiency, and code quality. → ELO matchmaking — rated queue with topic & difficulty filters, plus friend rooms.
Hey hunters! 👋 I'm Cench, a CS undergrad who built DualDev as a solo project.
The core idea: competitive programming is usually solo — you submit, wait, get a verdict. DualDev makes it a live duel. The opponent silhouette mechanic is the centerpiece — you see your opponent's code masked in real-time (keywords visible, identifiers hidden), so you get just enough pressure without it being a copy-paste race.
Stack: React + Vite, Node.js + Socket.io, BullMQ, two Redis instances, AWS Lambda for code execution, and Groq's llama-3.3-70b as the AI judge.
Would love feedback — especially on the silhouette mechanic and matchmaking. What would make you actually use this to practice?
Built this solo during my final year of college. Would love to know what you think of the silhouette mechanic — drop your feedback below!
About DualDev on Product Hunt
“Real-time 1v1 coding live battles with an AI judge ”
DualDev was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #103 on the daily leaderboard. DualDev is a real-time 1v1 coding battle platform — two developers, same problem, live timer. What makes it different: → Opponent Silhouette — see your opponent's code structure masked as ▓▓▓ blocks. Spot if they're using a hashmap or brute force, without seeing their actual code. → AI Judge — evaluates both solutions at match end on correctness, efficiency, and code quality. → ELO matchmaking — rated queue with topic & difficulty filters, plus friend rooms.
DualDev was featured in Productivity (653.8k followers), Open Source (68.5k followers), Developer Tools (514k followers) and GitHub (41.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 247.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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