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Archives for December 2019

Red-Green-Code: 2019 in Review

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Dec 25 0

Griffith Observatory

As 2019 comes to a close, I’m continuing my tradition of reviewing posts from the past year. This year was divided into two halves. In the first half, I covered topics in discrete math, math for competitive programming, and math learning in general. In the second half, I changed my blog content approach. More on that later.

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Quora Experiment 2019: Week 25

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Dec 18 0

Quora Experiment 2019

People debate how useful competitive programming practice is for getting better at real-world programming. But there’s one area where it definitely helps:

Why are people obsessed with competitive programming when it’s not used in real-world programming jobs? (answer)

Why is this post so short? Find the answer, and links to a blog table of contents, at A Summer 2019 Experiment.

Quora Experiment 2019: Week 24

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Dec 11 0

Quora Experiment 2019

To get better at solving coding interview problems, you have to solve a lot of coding interview problems. So a reasonable question to ask (though it’s hard to answer accurately) is:

How many LeetCode problems should I do? (answer)

Why is this post so short? Find the answer, and links to a blog table of contents, at A Summer 2019 Experiment.

Quora Experiment 2019: Week 23

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Dec 4 0

Quora Experiment 2019

This question seems basic, but it’s a core issue in math and programming practice:

What does one do when they read a problem statement, think a bit and figure they don’t know how to solve it? (answer)

Why is this post so short? Find the answer, and links to a blog table of contents, at A Summer 2019 Experiment.

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