Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2018) [pdf]

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51 points | by vinhnx 2 days ago ago

12 comments

  • dang 12 minutes ago

    Related. Others?

    Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2017) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17605395 - July 2018 (14 comments)

    Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2017) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16952222 - April 2018 (121 comments)

    A Competitive Programmer's Handbook - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14115826 - April 2017 (157 comments)

    Competitive programmers handbook - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13762408 - March 2017 (2 comments)

  • xendo an hour 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 an hour 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.

  • dominotw an hour 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 6 minutes ago

      Who exactly is going to do the gatekeeping - you? Are you hiring? Because I don’t see employers doing that anytime soon. 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 28 minutes 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 an hour ago

      shortsighted and a bit late anyway

    • simianwords an hour ago

      is this an excellent LARP bait or someone with these sincere views?

    • robotpepi an hour ago

      what?

      • lencastre an hour ago

        is your favourite colour?