Insights from testing and preparing contests, and why problemsetting trends need to change
This post was originally written on Codeforces; relevant discussion can be found here. I’ve been involved with testing a lot of Codeforces contests and coordinating contests for my uni, and have seen various kinds of issues crop up. However, I was able to come up with a stable system for my uni contests that helped make the experience as educational and error-free as possible, and I have found the lack of some of those things to be the main reason behind issues faced by Codeforces contests....