Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2018) [pdf] (cses.fi)
65 points by vinhnx 2 days ago
dang 37 minutes ago
Related. Others?
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xendo 2 hours ago
This one is quite difficult, it sacrifices some readability for cleverness and conciseness. I find Algorithmic Thinking by Zingaro much more approachable but almost as dense.
Keegs 2 hours ago
I’m a big fan of this book. It’s an equally great algorithms reference and way to prep for coding interviews. I haven’t had one in a while but doubt they’ve changed too much in the last half decade.
BeetleB 3 minutes ago
I read this book to prepare for coding interviews. In retrospect, it really didn't help with that goal.
I did, nevertheless, learn quite a bit from it. Would recommend to everyone. It's well written.
dominotw 2 hours ago
is leetcode still a thing in interviews. I personally want it to be. We need to start gatekeeping this profession hard ( this is a hard 180 from my stance for last 2 decades). Also regret contributing and being pro opensource.
Closedsource, credentialism and gatekeeping is my new stance.
moronicles 31 minutes ago
Who exactly is it that will be doing the gatekeeping? I have a hard time imagining companies caring much about competitive coding scores, and I’ve certainly never heard of layoffs being decided based on LeetCode performance.
mellosouls an hour ago
We can call it Coding Canutism.
bitwize an hour ago
Closed source will do squat unless you protect your binaries with some sort of secure enclave encryption scheme. AI can reverse engineer your binaries and deliver a copyright-laundered version in hours or days.
naagi 2 hours ago
shortsighted and a bit late anyway
simianwords an hour ago
is this an excellent LARP bait or someone with these sincere views?
pbkompasz an hour ago
Why not both?
robotpepi 2 hours ago
what?
lencastre 2 hours ago
is your favourite colour?