Google Code Jam, Kick Start, and Hash Code were competitive programming competitions open to programmers around the world. Launched October 1, 2003; shut down February 23, 2023 — it lived 19 years. One of 15 Google products killed in 2023. Google Code Jam was an international programming competition hosted and administered by Google. The competition began in 2003. The competition consists of a set of algorithmic problems which must be solved in a fixed amount of time. Competitors may use any programming language and development environment to obtain their solutions. From 2003 to 2007, Google Code Jam was deployed on Topcoder's platform. Since 2008 Google has developed their own dedicated infrastructure for the contest. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).