Kodezi, Ishraq Khan's journey into creating a grammarly for programmers

• Author: LEO GIOSUÈ
• Published date: 06 October 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Many universities teach coding, but students rarely get familiar with the subject as more emphasis is on the theory. Programming and coding are already pretty challenging to learn. Part of it has to do with the scarcity of resources and study material. The market needed a platform or academy where young minds can practically learn coding. To fill this void came Kodezi. It is an online coding platform providing students and programming geeks with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience, coding in a much more practical manner.

How It All Began?

Ishraq Khan, a 15-year-old high school student, started Kodezi as a basic idea in 2019. The site was called TeachMeCode in its early days. More than10,000 users joined the website within a month, and it has kept growing since then. Initially, it was just another website providing coding and programming tips to the youth but later, it matured into a full-fledged online platform.

The Inspiration

Ishraq was inspired to develop this site when he observed students struggling to hold fruitful online discussions. Any skill, language, or knowledge cannot be shared and learned without effective communication. The absence of an efficient communication medium made it difficult for students to excel in programming and coding.

The Difference It Made

Kodezi developed as a viral idea among students who could finally share their knowledge, concerns, and expertise, which resulted in a much quicker and more effective learning process. There are many tutorials present in this regard on popular online platforms such as YouTube. But they are an hour-long in most cases. Plus, they focus on bookish knowledge rather than practical experiences.

A Non-Typical Approach

Kodezi also allows students to learn quickly and effectively due to its non-trivial tutorials. It is an open online learning platform, allowing educators and students to share programming and coding tutorials. This unique E-learning approach enables students to communicate better with experts having years of experience.

Grammarly For Coding &Utilizing Artificial Intelligence

In early 2020, Ishraq was invited to be part of a machine learning internship where his experience and expertise grew. After his internship was over, his interest in machine learning grew tremendously as he wondered if programming languages could be used to detect bugs in code and debug them automatically because his research project was on detecting liver disease in patients. He wanted to see if there...