> all about practice

and communication, and writing simple readable code

for a lot of programmers solving "tricky" algorithmic questions are more the exception then the norm

In turn while it's a must have skill for senior programmers for mid level programmers improving skills around communication, writing simple easy to read and understand code often is much more useful.

Edit: and being able to abstract properly/see beyond the marketing (especially for web).

Codewars is a poor recommendation for becoming a better programmer, the solutions are sorted by popularity and so generally "cool" solutions are at the top. I've yet to see a clear/good python solution anywhere near the top.

I suppose you could just do the tasks and ignore the website itself.

second this!