Hello, Codeforces! I'm very happy to announce that a long-awaited "Push notifications" feature has been implemented and released to all of the Codeforces WatchR users in Google Play and App Store.
Now, once authenticated, you will be getting real-time push notifications on your and your followed users' rating updates. Isn't it amazing? What are you waiting for? Just go to the Google Play and App Store and give it a try!
Backend updates
To get this single feature done in the mobile apps we needed to implement many things on the backend. To be honest, we didn't succeed from the first try or even the second one. It took us a few months and many iterations to ship the stable version.
And in the meantime, some of you could notice certain instability in how the user updates and news were displayed. We do apologize for any inconveniences you experienced. Now it's all fixed and works perfectly well. I'm really proud of what denmen0207 learned and implemented to overcome the difficulties. Great job!
Future plans
Some amazing stuff is coming, so stay tuned. Some spoilers can be found here. Don't hesitate to post feature requests and bug reports on our official GitHub repo.
Dedication
This milestone is dedicated to the great French writer and pilot (did you know he was a pilot?) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which is the author of probably the most known story in the French (and world) literature — The Little Prince. If you haven't read it yet, you should certainly postpone your next CP task, and read this book instead.
We are now searching for the author to feature in the next milestone, whose surname should start with "F". Please, comment with your suggestions.
I did not understand the last line. You are searching for the author? Here on a codeforces blog? How will you even know if you've found the right one?
The idea is that people suggest authors (book writers) with a surname that begins with "F" in comments to this post, then other people can upvote/downvote suggestions. The most voted suggestion will be used as an official milestone name.
I hope it clearer now :)
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Robert Frost
beetroot for those who don't know Robert Frost, what would you recommend to read if we can only read one of his stories?
William Fakespeare
chinmayajha good try, but you should wait for "S" milestone for that :)
I suggest Francis Scott Fitzgerald for the next milestone name. He wrote "The Great Gatsby" novel
My take is the famous Sigmund Freud who was the founder of psychoanalysis and published many books on this revolutionary subject.
So the next milestone will be dedicated to Robert Frost (accordingly to votes).