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2022 in Review: Content Bots

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Dec 28 0

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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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Quora: How Can an Interviewer Effectively Evaluate Multiple Ways of Solving a Coding Problem?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Dec 21 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

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)

See A Project for 2022 to find out what I’m working on this year.

Quora: Is Stack Overflow Giving ChatGPT Too Much Attention?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Dec 14 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

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)

See A Project for 2022 to find out what I’m working on this year.

Quora: Do Interviewers Look Up Solutions to the Coding Questions They Ask?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Dec 7 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

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)

See A Project for 2022 to find out what I’m working on this year.

Quora: How Can One Become an Expert in Competitive Coding?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Nov 30 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

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)

See A Project for 2022 to find out what I’m working on this year.

Quora: Should I Start by Learning Algorithms, or Start by Solving Problems?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Nov 23 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

Learn first, or practice first?

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

See A Project for 2022 to find out what I’m working on this year.

Quora: Is It True That LeetCode Questions With a Lot of Downvotes Are Not Worth Solving?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Nov 16 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

Crowdsourcing LeetCode question quality.

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

See A Project for 2022 to find out what I’m working on this year.

Quora: How Do You Measure LeetCode Expertise?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Nov 9 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

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)

See A Project for 2022 to find out what I’m working on this year.

Quora: How Do I Start Competitive Programming in 2022?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Nov 2 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

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)

See A Project for 2022 to find out what I’m working on this year.

Quora: What Are the Benefits of Competitive Coding for Experienced Software Engineers?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Oct 26 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

It’s not the generous prize money.

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

See A Project for 2022 to find out what I’m working on this year.

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