Done with LeetCode

2026 Mar 12

I’m getting kind of tired with LeetCode. Bored?

I’m far from “done”. 700 Hards to go. But done for now, I think.

2,550 problems. Rank 700 or so. I could’ve done better. Could’ve done worse!

At least I didn’t cheat. I think some people are just using AI, which kind of defeats the purpose, no?

I used to not be any good at these kinds of problems. I think I failed a couple of (rather important) interviews because of it. I still wouldn’t say I’m like very good, but I’m kinda good now.

I did pretty well in school, sure, but LeetCode’s different. I felt like I was learning something valuable from the problems that wasn’t quite covered. To be fair, what I learned in school seems much more valuable, but still.

Favorite problems? Probably Burst Balloons, Course Schedule II, & Elements into Groups. Least favorite? That airplane seat one; what a silly problem.

I’m a little disappointed there’s not more variety in the problems, and I’m still annoyed that one SQL problem was broken for so long. I wish it were “just” better.

So it’s time to take a break from it.