Repurposing the Challenge category?

[Sze]

I think what you propose is already a valid way to use the challenge category, initially it was about translation, but we already broadened that because it seemed too narrow.

The main thing about challenges is that the initial description should provide a clear definition for what is an acceptable answer for that challenge.

Here is the description of the challenge category, I think it fits what you describe:

About the Challenge category

Do you have a Zig challenge you’d like to propose to the community? You’ve come to the right place! The Challenge category is broad and dedicated to Zig coding problems and tasks. Using the category Challenges can include things such as: increasing performance decreasing memory usage fewest lines of code best use of standard utilities and more… Do you have an algorithm you’d like to see written? Propose it as a challenge! Is there a snippet of code from another language that you’d like to s…