- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": "yc_acquired_without_public_buyer", "detail": "YC lists status as Acquired but no primary source names an acquirer, price, or closing date", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coderwall", "https://reforgers.com/startups/coderwall"]}, {"issue": "founder_list_inconsistency", "detail": "YC lists Matthew Deiters and Dave Newman (team size 2); Tracxn lists only Matthew Deiters; Chris Lloyd appears as Assembly co-founder but not on YC CoderWall page", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coderwall", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coderwall/__6v03_1PeLqyeIoQkfyqPtYRlhltt_bFpS5LsIKJHMb8/funding-and-investors", "https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/let-this-company-make-your-concept-a-creation/245909"]}, {"issue": "funding_figure_conflation", "detail": "YCDB attributes $2.9M funding to CoderWall profile but that amount matches Assembly's Nov 2014 USV-led round; CoderWall seed from YC is undisclosed", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/coderwall", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/21/assembly/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coderwall/__6v03_1PeLqyeIoQkfyqPtYRlhltt_bFpS5LsIKJHMb8/funding-and-investors"]}, {"issue": "product_positioning_drift", "detail": "Early coverage describes developer reputation/recruiting platform; YC and current site describe collaborative learning community; original badge/Achievement system reportedly deprecated", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/27/coderwall-hacker-reputation-system/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coderwall", "https://coderwall.com"]}, {"issue": "acquisition_vs_pivot_ambiguity", "detail": "2014 transition to open-source on Assembly appears to be founder-led pivot/community model rather than third-party M&A; secondary sources (Reforgers) claim 2017 acquisition without corroborating primary evidence", "source_urls": ["https://coderwall.com/p/7ff9pq/coderwall-is-live-on-assembly", "https://reforgers.com/startups/coderwall", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coderwall"]}, {"issue": "assembly_shutdown_vs_coderwall_persistence", "detail": "Assembly Made shut down hosted products in 2015 and legal entity ended 2018, yet coderwall.com remains live in 2026", "source_urls": ["https://www.asm.co/discover", "https://opengovus.com/san-francisco-business/0489997-01-001", "https://coderwall.com"]}, {"issue": "erroneous_secondary_metadata", "detail": "Reforgers lists founded year 2017 and acquisition year 2017, contradicting 2011-2012 launch and YC W12 batch", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/coderwall", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/27/coderwall-hacker-reputation-system/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coderwall"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://coderwall.com", "https://coderwall.com/p/7ff9pq/coderwall-is-live-on-assembly", "https://forum.upcase.com/t/coderwall-is-opensource/2936", "https://github.com/asm-products/coderwall", "https://github.com/coderwall/coderwall-legacy", "https://opengovus.com/san-francisco-business/0489997-01-001", "https://reforgers.com/startups/coderwall", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/27/coderwall-hacker-reputation-system/", "https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/11/coderwall-team-profiles/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/09/coderwall-launches-pitchbox/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/21/assembly/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/coderwall/__6v03_1PeLqyeIoQkfyqPtYRlhltt_bFpS5LsIKJHMb8/funding-and-investors", "https://www.asm.co/discover", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/assembly", "https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/let-this-company-make-your-concept-a-creation/245909", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/coderwall", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coderwall"]