>Agreed, try to figure out how I benefit in any way from Codesmith's decline.

According to your Hacker News post history, you are the co-founder of Formation.dev. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43758527

According to Formation.dev, the company is in the same space as LeetCode, "interview prep programs", "mock interview platforms" and "bootcamps". When it comes to bootcamps, Formation.dev claims to be doing (at least partially) four of the seven mentioned functions. Source: https://formation.dev/

And Codesmith is a bootcamp. Source: https://www.codesmith.io/

It does not seem that far-fetched that you benefit as the founder of a company that is competing against bootcamp companies like Codemsith.