Yet another paid tool.
Leetcode wants subscription, NeetCode wants subscription, and now - yet another one thing.
Show HN: AlgoDrill – Interactive drills to stop forgetting LeetCode patterns
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#102AlgoDrill is so futuristic, that Gemini 3 included it in the HN front page 10 years from now (#5): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205632
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#103Actually curious, how often do you find uses for LeetCode patterns in your actual work?
In web development, you mostly deal with data, sometimes you need to group that data, and some of these algos can help with that.
Most useful when you work with large datasets, if you can reduce a workload that takes hours into minutes or less, congrats, otherwise, you are forced to wait the hours. Either way, job security.
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#105I got hooked without realizing that I'm not super familiar with any of the languages.
JS would help,but I was hoping to use Go (or Ruby at least).
Thank you either way, I purchased I license
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#106I understand the pragmatic reasons behind such a decision, but insisting that I sign up with Google (and only Google) was an unfortunate blocker. If anything, GitHub seems like a more obvious choice for such a site.
I was hooked, but don't have a Google account anymore. Oh well…
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#107Why do you need to "grind LeetCode"?
Some job positions are so competitive to get that a candidate with good data structures and algorithms skills but who hasn’t seen a specific LeetCode problem before and needs to solve it on the spot may lose out to a candidate who “grinded LeetCode.” It’s kind of like how a good student still needs to prep for standardized tests.
Okay, fuck that noise. I'd walk out.
If you're interviewing me you'd better be prepared to ask me about things I do and things you do, and then just give me the job.
If you want parlour tricks, get a dog.
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#108I learned the other day ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46184676 ) that people who aren't students apparently use LeetCode too, for recreational purposes? I'm not sure why you'd work on someone else's imaginary problem instead of doing something for yourself, so apparently it's there and some people enjoy it, regardless of my understanding of it. But then I don't know how to reconcile the idea that some people…
I do codeforces in my spare time. Sometimes I implement and ML paper. Other times, I like to slog through my implementation of Raft, Paxos and VR. Not everybody wants to build generic crud app number 1,200,674. Coding is for solving problems, the problems might be engineering or just pure fun.
Idk isn’t copying someone else’s work verbatim boring to you? Usually i try to do at least 15-45minutes of novel research in physics/math with my morning coffee
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#109Some feedback: The drill style approach seems helpful, but needing the variable names to exactly match threw me off. It would be great if we could _relax_ this constraint via a toggle for drill mode. "Precision Mode" feels like it's misnamed; when it's toggled on it feels more like a "guided mode" since chunks of boilerplate are written for you. It would be great if exiting Drill mode remembered choices, such as what…
still 17 spots left
I understand that it's a sales tactic, but it's lying to your users worth it?
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#110Bought it but please fix the variable names issue mentioned by other people here