Quora relies on machine learning. No surprise there. Any major service that accepts user-generated content needs more than human moderation to keep up with the influx of submissions. Algorithms help filter out bad content and promote good content (or at least content that increases user engagement). But this year seems to be an inflection point for algorithms that not only moderate content, but also create it.

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A good question for interviewers to think about:

As a software engineering interviewer, how can you avoid getting into a mindset that your own method for solving a coding challenge is the best way to solve it, and reject any other implementation? (answer)

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Everyone is talking about ChatGPT this week.

Isn’t Stack Overflow advertising ChatGPT when it bans it and then makes numerous posts about why it banned it? (answer)

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This question is about preparing to conduct an interview, rather than preparing to be interviewed.

Do software engineers in FAANG and similar tech companies who ask coding challenges in interviews sometimes look up the solution before they ask the questions in an interview? (answer)

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Quora is moving away from the concept of a “canonical question,” in which similar questions are merged into one. So popular questions like this can one can now be asked and answered as often as we want and will be displayed together as “related questions.”

How can one become an expert in competitive coding (like Google Code Jam)? (answer)

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Learn first, or practice first?

Should I start learning DSA for CP or practice random topics first (My CF rating is only 800)? (answer)

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Crowdsourcing LeetCode question quality.

Is it true that LeetCode questions with a lot of downvotes are not worth solving? (answer)

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Find the imposter.

Two people are claiming to be experts in LeetCode. One is an expert and one is bluffing. What question do you ask to find the imposter? (answer)

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With 2022 almost over, now is as good a time as any to answer this one.

How do I start competitive programming in 2022? (answer)

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It’s not the generous prize money.

What are the benefits of competitive coding for experienced software engineers? (answer)

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