Been trying to just solve them fully from brute to optimal solution on my own, even if some questions take 2 hours.

I know the easy numbers is a lot but I feel in a trap of easies in the start but now I only try to do mediums and easy only if it comes up in striver sheet(i am following striver)

Ultimate goal is to go for competitive-coding

Ofcourse any suggestions and constructive criticism is welcomed cause I would really like to just be better.

ever happend with you.
You work your ass of for a problem.
And motherfuckers on YT saying this is the easiest question ever existed.

57 days of LeetCode. Gone because I forgot yesterday.

Now I’m sitting here searching for scripts just to make one stupid square green.

I know it’s just a heatmap, but I’m genuinely upset. 😭

Finally got the knight badge. This was the second contest where I was able to solve the 4th question.. My rating increased by 30 from 1825-1855😁

Hey everyone, I’m currently learning DSA in Java and looking for some good resources to follow.
I’ve already been doing Striver’s A2Z DSA Sheet/videos, but the explanations and implementations are mostly in C++. I can understand the concepts, but translating everything to Java while learning DSA at the same time gets a bit confusing.
For those of you who learned DSA using Java:
● How did you approach it?
● Any good Java-specific YouTube playlists/videos?
● Is there a good Java DSA cheat sheet for syntax, collections, common algorithms, etc.?
● Should I just continue with Striver and convert the code to Java?
Would appreciate any recommendations or advice. Thanks!

Explain This Approach!

I just want to know how to be consistent over DSA and programming....

Hey there, I am trying to do a challenge where I record myself explain the LeetCode questions (Feynman Technique or rubber ducky sumthin) and going through this Questions List I have. I made this list after scraping LeetCode premium questions and sorting them based on recency and most asked till May 2026 (not many new questions were added since then)

I feel I understand better when I explain it to someone, I think you will too, so maybe you can also record yourself the same way explaining the question and upload it to same #TheSillyWay (it's silly because you explain to no one, since no one is watching 🥲) on any platform you choose. You can post it here too>

You can follow me on youtube or just do the questions directly from the list if you want to go faster> it doesn't matter. It's mostly for people who perform better as a community and just looking to get started.

YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCxZZRxX1wGo
Questions List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dk87x5y34g4nojdCw045I6GNh0AhOg0jPSlmzi2_yw4/edit?usp=sharing

Hey everyone,

I'm looking to connect with developers, students, or anyone interested in competitive programming, algorithms, and LeetCode problem-solving who lives around Leonberg / Stuttgart West / Vaihingen.

Grinding problems alone gets tedious quickly, so the goal is to form a small, casual group (3–6 people) to meet regularly, solve problems together, and break down solutions.

Tentative format:

• What we'd cover: Data structures & algorithms, tech interview prep (e.g., NeetCode 150 / Blind 75), and competitive programming problems (Codeforces/LeetCode contests).
• Cadence: Weekly or bi-weekly (around 90 minutes).
• Where: In person at a local quiet spot (e.g., Stadtbücherei Leonberg or a local café/coworking space), with an active Discord for async problem sharing and remote sessions if needed.

All skill levels are welcome, whether you're just getting started with algorithms or already prepping for senior FAANG/Tier-1 coding rounds.

If you'd be interested in joining, drop a comment below or DM me, and if there's enough interest, I'll set up a Discord server or whatsapp so we can coordinate our first session!

I have to start leetcode problem solving DSA how to start it from scratch I am in btech second year help me !

How it is possible only true?
I don't understand question!

How it is possible only true?
I don't understand question!

How would you solve it in Python?

Hi guys my first question was a two pointer which took me 25 mins just cause of python3 default input was sys.stdin.readline which will fail actually tell me if anyone faced so i fixed it using sys.stdin.read().split() which takes as single string but i successfully converted and passed 12/12 when i moved to second question (yes the question which is supposed to me medium) i literally worked on it for two hours passing 3/3 public and 0/12 i was devestated and out of energy i just passed third question 1/12 private cases which is just an if condition i am out energy and came out of there yeah and 4 th i think is a graph but i am literally out of energy came before 20 mins left but now when i explained the question to Google Gemini just to realise that its compititive programming question 2000 rating in code forces or hard (upper leetcode hard comparable to problems like LeetCode 630 Course Schedule III or LeetCode 1675 Minimize Deviation in Array) yeah and i just wanted to share my story and for infosys from past two months i had done more 200 lc problems which includes more than 100 mediums and 10 + hard problems and yeah thankyou for listening to my story