AlgoDrill 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
Show HN: AlgoDrill – Interactive drills to stop forgetting LeetCode patterns
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#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
The phrase "grinding LeetCode" refers to a kind of unmentionable self-stimulus indulged in by people who want tech jobs money, but are bad at software engineering, and who want to work with other people who are bad at software engineering. It was most popular during zero interest rate phenomenon, when there were numerous investment scams based on startup companies that could have a very lucrative "exit" for those run…
What if I want to work at big tech? Does your message still apply, or if I want to work at big tech, it means I just want tech jobs money, and am bad at software engineering?
You could be an outlier. I, too, wanted to work at a particular Big Tech.
But then I looked again at the prep materials they recommended for their frat hazing interview theatre, and it was so depressingly trashy, that it made me not want to work there anymore.
And things I read publicly (e.g., culture of disingenuous mercenary careerism, and hiring scraping the bottom of the barrel that knows only the interview gaming) and hear privately (worse) mean that probably it was for the best that I didn't move there, though the bigger bank account would've been nice.
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#93Nice! How long will leetcode style interviews stay around for though...
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#94I like the idea, and you've got yourself a customer :) The lifetime membership + launch discount was a good marketing bait I felt for. Not really understanding the negativity here. We know for a fact that most of the people that master intellectual problems do so via pattern recognition, not by reasoning. You show a chess master a position, he/she can instantly tell you what the best moves are without "thinking" or "…
Agree with your overall message, but I don't think thats true for chess. Chess players wouldnt be spending an hour on their own move in a match where theyve been been studying the board for hours already if it were that simple
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#95I want to like this. But... one has to write the answer in EXACTLY the same format, down to each variable name it seems?
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#96Is there any way to try it without signing in via Google?
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#97Actually curious, how often do you find uses for LeetCode patterns in your actual work?
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#98Why do you need to "grind LeetCode"?
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#99Why 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.
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#100Is there any way to try it without signing in via Google?
I’d sign up if there’s a way to not use Google sign in.