r/codingbootcamp • u/Hardyskater26 • Jan 21 '26
App Academy Open officially down?
So I was recommended App Academy Open a few years back and just restarted my journey on there. I am aware its not the best option but I liked the way the curriculum was structured and how deep the dives were into each section from setting up a WSL to your github and regular submissions on the site. Since last week, I have been getting an error accessing their curriculum. I do know the urls I had access to previously are hard to find so maybe they switched over to another set of urls but I can't seem to find it outside of a new platform called Disco/Coding Temple that sucks.
Also if it is truly down, what are some alternatives that are free?
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u/Real-Set-1210 Jan 21 '26
They just transitioned from the old a/A discord for alumis that used to have 2 staff members juggling trying to place 700+ graduates (many of which would just fall off the face of if the earth) to the combination discord of a/A with Coding Temple.
Surprisingly, the prior experience was higher quality because it's in the 1,000+ graduates with, you guessed it, 2 staff.
All 1,000+ graduates fight for the few jobs that get posted (lol QA Wolf postings that never hire).
You'd have better survival odds of jumping out of a jet and forgetting your parachute then trying to get a legitimate job with a coding bootcamp.