I’m working on a project this year to build a competitive programming FAQ. This is one in a series of articles describing the research, writing, and tool creation process. To read the whole series, see my CPFAQ category page. On September 20, 2008, Petr Mitrichev took part in a Topcoder Spotlight Session where he answered […]
ContinueCPFAQ: How Did X Become a Top Competitive Programmer?
I’m working on a project this year to build a competitive programming FAQ. This is one in a series of articles describing the research, writing, and tool creation process. To read the whole series, see my CPFAQ category page. Questions that are too specific to one person’s situation don’t work well on Quora. They tend […]
ContinueCPFAQ: How Long Should I Work on a Programming Problem Before Looking at the Answer?
I’m working on a project this year to build a competitive programming FAQ. This is one in a series of articles describing the research, writing, and tool creation process. To read the whole series, see my CPFAQ category page. Anyone who has practiced solving competitive programming or coding interview problems, has confronted a choice: when […]
ContinueCPFAQ: Is Competitive Programming Only For Smart People?
I’m working on a project this year to build a competitive programming FAQ. This is one in a series of articles describing the research, writing, and tool creation process. To read the whole series, see my CPFAQ category page. It’s fun to debate the nature vs. nurture / intelligence vs. effort question. Years ago, I […]
ContinueCPFAQ: Will Competitive Programming Success Help Me Get a Programming Job?
I’m working on a project this year to build a competitive programming FAQ. This is one in a series of articles describing the research, writing, and tool creation process. To read the whole series, see my CPFAQ category page. Although Quora is by far the most popular venue for competitive programming Q&A, questions do sometimes […]
ContinueCPFAQ: The Quora Approach to Quality Control
I’m working on a project this year to build a competitive programming FAQ. This is one in a series of articles describing the research, writing, and tool creation process. To read the whole series, see my CPFAQ category page. Every website that gets its content from its users has to deal with the problem of […]
ContinueCPFAQ: Defining Competitive Programming Terms, Part 2
I’m working on a project this year to build a competitive programming FAQ. This is one in a series of articles describing the research, writing, and tool creation process. To read the whole series, see my CPFAQ category page. As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, the CPWiki now has a competitive programming glossary. […]
ContinueCPFAQ: Making a Wiki Look Like Wikipedia
I’m working on a project this year to build a competitive programming FAQ. This is one in a series of articles describing the research, writing, and tool creation process. To read the whole series, see my CPFAQ category page. I mentioned last week that I was creating a glossary of competitive programming terms, in the […]
ContinueCPFAQ: Defining Competitive Programming Terms
I’m working on a project this year to build a competitive programming FAQ. This is one in a series of articles describing the research, writing, and tool creation process. To read the whole series, see my CPFAQ category page. It would be useful to have a page in the FAQ for a glossary of competitive […]
ContinueCPFAQ: Unicode in Quora Question Titles
I’m working on a project this year to build a competitive programming FAQ. This is one in a series of articles describing the research, writing, and tool creation process. To read the whole series, see my CPFAQ category page. As I have mentioned in the past, I often use Excel as a quick way to […]
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