There seems to be an issue with the test: I was working on my algorithm, trying out a modification and suddenly I had "passed" the tests - only that there were only 2 of them that had run, and very basic ones... Not sure what causes this on the back end, though. The only thing that I could think of is an "exit()" statement in my code, that I was using for debuggin.

Why not make '.#' instead of [True, False]?

JS translation

• Added link to other kata in description
• Changed ref sol with a more suitable one for this kata
• Added a JS translation on other kata

yep, my first ones were already hidden.
current one would not work for the 3kyu kata anyway

Yep, but your solution in this kata should be made hidden by a mod ;)

ok, I'll post another.

it seems that kata needs a JS translation as well ;-)

• let's not change specs, this kata exists: https://www.codewars.com/kata/59953009d65a278783000062
• in fact, your solution is too fast for the current kata :p
• well, this kata should have included a link to that one in the description ...

couldn't find a chat/thread there with that discussion.
but you could ping me ( @twilight_sun ) if that makes sense. I have no certain opinion at the moment

If you're on Discord, you might find some other opinions whether we should increase diff level of this kata. I agree that current performance requirements probably makes this more 5 kyu at the moment.

I'll use that as ref sol inside verification code

impressive, 5 seconds for this heavy batch:

for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
      const maxN = random(1, 1000);
      const maxFn = random(1, 20);
      ...

done (submitted the solution). maybe not the clearest code, but should be faster

I think you should post it, I doubt a performance version will be authored. We do need to make sure that we also adapt the Python version if we decide to make this kata harder. Also, other users (including author) might not agree with making this kata really 4 kyu ;)