Sedaro Nano

The tiniest possible mockup of our system

Goal

The goal of this mini-project is to gain a better understanding of your ability to be creative, think through problems, and solve relevant challenges related to the engineering roles at Sedaro. This is an opportunity for you to show off your personal strengths. Don't focus on the simple contributions and instead aim to really impress us. To best set expectations, we won't be impressed by an ability to write boilerplate or copy and paste tutorials. A submission that makes us say "Wow, that's SMART!" is far better than one that makes us say "This is really robust.". Get creative, the prompt is intentionally very open-ended.

Within the next 7 days, attempt the following mini-project and return your solution containing the full project (less anything that would be .gitignored such as node_modules) and any notes on how to setup and run your specific solution. As important as your solution, we are interested in understanding your thought process and your ability to clearly communicate your approach so a writeup should also be included. For the writeup, include some details on your solution, any novel or creative aspects of the solution, and what additional features or improvements you would add if you were given more time.

Please note that if you end up getting to a solution that you aren't happy with or that is a dead end, document why and we will call that good enough. Please don't invest too much time. A writeup of why a solution is insufficient and how you might approach it differently often tells us what we need to know.

If you have any questions or issues while you work through this problem or if you get stuck, please contact Bas Welsh at [email protected].

Once you have completed your solution, please email to [email protected] and [email protected]. If relevant to your solution, please include screenshots and/or a link to a video.

Setup

1. Clone this repository.
   • Please note that only cloning via HTTPS is supported
   • Please do not commit changes to any branch of this repository. If you would like to use git, you may fork this repository to create a private repo of your own
2. To compile and run the app, execute the following command
   • docker compose up app
3. That's it ✅! Sedaro Nano should now be available via web browser at http://localhost:3000/. It may take a few moments for the container to fully come up and serve the page. Changes to the react app should auto reload the webpage.

Your Task

Review the few files that make up Sedaro Nano, figure out how it works, and then add to it in whatever way best shows off your unique skills + creativity!

Some Project Ideas

• Simulator:
  • Improve the Q-Range KV Store data structure
  • Make the system more generic/extensible
  • Make it fast
• Front End:
  • Add cool visualizations and interactivity
  • Improve efficiency/caching
• Data:
  • Utilize a better persistence layer than a js file
  • Do some statistical analysis on the data
  • Set up background jobs to preprocess data
• Modeling & Simulation:
  • Improve the numerical stability of the simulation functions
  • Implement additional modeling and simulation scope
  • Analyze the sensitivity to initial conditions
• Etc:
  • Port to a language of your choice
  • Set up testing
• Whatever you want; these are just suggestions to get you thinking