I failed a take-home assignment from Kagi Search

Re:I failed a take-home assignment from Kagi Search by Tiberium on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @11:33PM (#43980485)

I understand that their responses were very minimal and not helpful, but it clearly says in the requirements to make a "terminal-inspired" email client. However, in the video you shared [1] I see a somewhat generic email web app, with nothing particularly "terminal-inspired". Considering the fact that they wanted either a real TUI or a webapp, I'm pretty sure that the web app should've also been "terminal-inspired". Am I missing something? I'm not trying to necessarily criticize you, perhaps I just misunderstood the requirements.

Edit: I've actually checked the full requirements page, and they explicitly say this in "Inspiration":

> Your implementation should take inspiration from existing terminal email tools like aerc, mutt, or even something like himalaya.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY1sVXMkP_o

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Re:I failed a take-home assignment from Kagi Search by TechDebtDevin on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @12:18AM (#43980758)

Also they seem to put emphasis on Go programming, which takes < 20 lines to get a cli running so not sure why they chose a browser GUI, which is arguably much more work.

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Re:I failed a take-home assignment from Kagi Search by pas on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @06:06AM (#43982756)

but now they want something "deployed"

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Re:I failed a take-home assignment from Kagi Search by benmusch on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @11:46PM (#43980577)

Yeah, a clearer explanation in the rejection email would have been nice, or perhaps even a warning in response to the proposal (though it's not 100% clear from the proposal alone that OP would be going down a path that ignores that part of the assignment.) But the prompt explicitly lists other terminal clients as the inspiration.

Also, the prompt for a terminal client really changes what they're testing! Email web UIs have been a known quantity for years. But the UX of a terminal client is still something that's not "solved." I suspect the rubric for the question has large sections about how they decide to make a terminal client that OP's submission doesn't address at all

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Re:I failed a take-home assignment from Kagi Search by krade on Thursday May 15, 2025 @02:03PM (#43997611)

so, the hiring manager should spent more time on formulating the rejection than the candidate spent on reading the actual requirements?

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Re:I failed a take-home assignment from Kagi Search by GoToRO on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @06:04PM (#43989685)

"Email client can either be in the terminal (i.e. a TUI) or a web app"

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