building neetcode.io / tech & programming on YT / prev updated config files at @Google
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22 Dec 2022
Just made the ultimate Leetcode roadmap for free - check it out (preferably on desktop) neetcode.io/
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One thing I always hated about developers, and software dev in general, is everything usually boils down to vibes.
People just do what they're used to, or what they like. When you dig deep enough, they can hardly justify their choices.
It's just the nature of engineering I guess. But it does bother me.
It's not enough to be right, you have to convince other people. Sometimes worse ideas win this war, and then the network effects take over.
All of a sudden, people are convinced they need MongoDB because SQL isn't enough.
I feel like developers love the idea of progress so much, that they'll walk in circles just to feel like they're moving forward.
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Jun 5
Google will pay SpaceX $920M / month for GPUs.
Remember when big tech would hoard top talent just so their competitors couldn't access them? Seems we're doing that with GPUs now
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This entire thread just makes me regret not investing in NET
Two of our worst VC stories:
1. A Sequoia partner passed on Cloudflare because he didn’t think a woman could lead a security infrastructure company. Seriously. 🙄
2. I got introduced to @pmarca. Meeting got scheduled for a Monday, which should have been a clue. I thought it was just a casual meeting. He thought it was a pitch and brought the whole @a16z partnership team. Hilarity ensued. 🤪 At one point one of them said: “You don’t seem very prepared.” Which was true because I wasn’t. I framed the rejection letter they sent.
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Jun 5
Been using GPT 5.5 extra high for the past hour and it's so ass, like completely ignoring trivial tasks. Really nice.
Coding sure is dead baby.
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Jun 5
that's a pretty good point, you guys do value performance and smart solutions.. maybe it's time to get into the pillow selling business
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Jun 3
Concluded the NeetCode redesign - huge congrats to @xilken
He made the entire UX so much cleaner, while still preserving the original design & functionality. Really really great attention to detail, especially the roadmap page.
Originally he implemented it with React and react specific deps - unfortunately we use Angular, but he quickly ported things over anyway.
Intelligence is supposedly a commodity now (lol), but deep effort & attention to detail are not. To me this just reinforces what I already believed, people who enjoy their work and put in extra effort always end up ahead.
Btw he's graduating next year and he's open to internships. Hire him before I do (seriously, i just dont have the time right now otherwise I would).
Side note: glad I waited a bit before deciding, in hindsight I was too ocd early on. There were a lot of really good designs. I gave away a total of $5k and it felt pretty good.
Will def do more contests, more than just UX
x.com/xilken/status/20527412…
Mar 30
because i dont want to be seen as a bully, lets make this a contest
if someone can create some mocks / redesigns that I actually use I will pay you $2,500 usd
if you have the skills to then implement it in the codebase i may also hire you
like i said, the bar to make it look better is pretty low, but please don't give me slop
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Jun 3
@neetcode1 just launched a really good "Build your own GPT" from scratch project on NeetCode
check it out if you really wanna get your hands on your first ML project
I took the liberty to see how it'd look like on the redesign challenge site:
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RT @theo: I refuse to support any policy that makes it harder for the world's smartest people to come to the US.
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You may not like it, but this is what 100x productivity looks like
The enshittification is only getting started
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May 21
I always thought I was dumb for not updating. I feel less dumb now.
May 20
Fork your dependencies, trim them to only your use case, never update unless it breaks for your users. I’ve been vocal about this for 10 years. I’ve always said that updating is way riskier than latent bugs (which can be tracked and CVEs monitored).
If you are updating a dependency, it’s on you to analyze every single commit in the full transitive set of dependencies. If you dont see anything compelling, dont update!
I remember at HashiCorp once in awhile an engineer would try to update a dep or replace a DIY lib with an external one and id always ask “show me the commit we need.” Dont update for the sake of it.
Feeling pretty swell about this mentality with all the supply chain attacks happening.
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May 20
A lot of Google hate lately, most of which is deserved. But I just wanna remind people there’s a VERY long list of people that took a Google internal tool or paper and later started an entire company out of it, by making it available to the public.
If there’s problems at Google, they’re not with the people, they’re cultural.
There’s a wide distribution of engineers obviously, so even dummies like me get lumped in with the genius level programmers, but I would never bet against Google.
May 20
the average FAANG engineer is way smarter on average than the average startup engineer
if you think it’s a professional mark of death you’re an idiot
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May 20
I wonder how much damage this does to Google Cloud, let alone Railway.
Has to be at least $1B for google long term.
As someone who worked in gcp, I would describe the culture as the opposite of customer obsession. I have a few horror stories I’ll keep to myself, but let’s just say there’s many smart people who are just not incentivized to care about the long term success of its services.
We are working to restore the Google Cloud infrastructure that powers our dashboard, API, and internal network's control plane. We are in direct contact with Google Cloud's support team. We do not have an ETA at this time.
We will continue to post updates on status.railway.com
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When it rains, it pours
We are investigating unauthorized access to GitHub’s internal repositories. While we currently have no evidence of impact to customer information stored outside of GitHub’s internal repositories (such as our customers’ enterprises, organizations, and repositories), we are closely monitoring our infrastructure for follow-on activity.
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May 19
"nearly three times as many executives at companies using or exploring AI said they were increasing junior-level hiring in 2026 than cutting back" - WSJ
Kinda goes back to what we all knew at the beginning. Jobs will change as a result of AI.
Sometimes the simplest answers are the most correct.
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May 19
please google please, im rooting for you guys
Just read the comments, almost everyone can't use antigravity right now...
if GDP level companies are just launching... why not us?
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