# Blog

> Notes from building cracked.guide: why it exists, how the path works week by week, what Knuth's exercises look like, and how the checks work.

- [Why I Built cracked.guide](https://cracked.guide/blog/why-i-built-cracked-guide) (2026-10-20): Every programmer has Crafting Interpreters and Knuth on a someday list. Why I put dates on them, made the site check the work, and kept it free.
- [The cracked.guide Path, Explained Phase by Phase](https://cracked.guide/blog/the-path-explained) (2026-10-20): What happens in each of the 145 weeks of cracked.guide: two interpreters, five volumes of Knuth, NeetCode, ten games, and how pace and catch-up work.
- [What 5,500 Knuth Exercises Look Like, Volume by Volume](https://cracked.guide/blog/what-5500-knuth-exercises-look-like) (2026-10-20): How many exercises are in TAOCP Volumes 1 to 4B, how hard they are, how many Knuth recommends, and which ones the cracked.guide path picks for you.
- [Verify Your Interpreter with the Lox Test Suite in GitHub Actions](https://cracked.guide/blog/verify-your-interpreter-with-github-actions) (2026-10-20): How cracked.guide runs the official Crafting Interpreters test suite on your jlox and clox with GitHub Actions on every push, with no secrets to set up.
- [Playing Zachtronics as Homework: Why the Path Has a Play Track](https://cracked.guide/blog/playing-zachtronics-as-homework) (2026-10-20): Why cracked.guide schedules ten programming games next to Knuth and Crafting Interpreters, what each checkpoint asks, and how to keep them in their lane.

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Source: https://cracked.guide/blog
cracked.guide: A free, dated 145-week path to getting genuinely cracked at programming.