7 comments

  • dayvid 59 minutes ago
    A Neetcode or Leetcode subscription is one of the highest ROI things you can buy
    • Aurornis 6 minutes ago
      The free version of LeetCode is more than enough to prepare for standard interviews.

      Only mentioning this because I’ve seen some people stall their interview prep because they wanted to delay a LeetCode purchase until they felt they had enough time to prepare. You can get started right away with the free version.

      Paid version is actually worth it (in ROI terms) but you can wait until later to buy it.

      Starting is the most important part.

    • drstewart 42 minutes ago
      I resisted getting one out of principle till I realised this. Landed a job at FANG ~7 years ago after doing so and that $30 subscription has probably paid for itself 20,000x over at this point.
      • andai 33 minutes ago
        What is the principle?
      • rfgplk 19 minutes ago
        Why would the subscription matter if you're not even getting interviews? The only relevant metric is your personal network, everything else is done.
        • Aurornis 5 minutes ago
          Even referrals have to go through the interview process at every job I’ve ever worked.
  • pelagicAustral 37 minutes ago
    I like the look of the app... I just wonder if leetcode interviews are even a thing anymore...
    • cdnsteve 26 minutes ago
      Thanks for the feedback. Part of the thinking in building this depends on the company but bigger companies are still running DS&A rounds on basically every loop. This was built because the interviews that remain are still high stakes and the prep material hasn't really evolved since the green book era.
  • elephanlemon 38 minutes ago
    Are leetcode interviews still a thing in 2026?
    • vovavili 28 minutes ago
      Nebius hit me with two LeetCodes, communicated a third round of system design and instead did a third round of LeetCode. It's very much a thing for companies worth applying for, especially if internal communication gets messy.
    • ericmcer 15 minutes ago
      Yeah I just scheduled a technical and they told me it would be leetcode style.

      The company I interviewed for directly before was AI only, just prompt and review no coding allowed.

      Fun time to prep

    • rfgplk 18 minutes ago
      Any company still doing them is wasting their time. I can show up hungover and half asleep with an Astra/Fable subscription and ace any leetcode problem with zero difficulty.
      • Aurornis 3 minutes ago
        Final round interviews are moving on site at many companies to prevent this type of cheating.

        Still important to understand how to code. If companies wanted someone who believed their job was to type prompts into Astra, they could hire interns. Or not hire any engineers at all, just have another agent talk directly to stakeholders.

    • nsxwolf 34 minutes ago
      Expedia was about to Leetcode me but I took another offer before it happened.
  • esafak 1 hour ago
    You couldn't afford a used book but can afford the tokens? No decent library around either? Okay, boss...
    • nsxwolf 33 minutes ago
      What books? That horrible green book?
    • xgulfie 32 minutes ago
      why would you go read a book, it wouldn't even make the HN front page
    • cdnsteve 1 hour ago
      lol, books don't give you that fresh MVP build feel
  • 1270018080 17 minutes ago
    Leetcode seems so pointless in the AI era. It was already pretty pointless but there’s nothing to it now.
    • cdnsteve 9 minutes ago
      Most companies still run these rounds. AI is generally banned during them, though some places are experimenting with allowing it. They want to see your foundational knowledge, not what a copilot can write.
      • nsxwolf 6 minutes ago
        I’ve never seen Leetcode test foundational knowledge. There are far better ways to do that than timed puzzles.
  • desireco42 1 hour ago
    I don't need this but this looks very cool. I love neon colors and everything.

    Some of these we, dynamic programming is something we didn't do at university and few years ago I did a course to learn it. It is good to know, wish we dealt with more of such intellectual problems at work, but as we all know this is not the case.

    Anyhow, really cool.

    • cdnsteve 1 hour ago
      Thanks for the feedback!
    • askl 1 hour ago
      Isn't it just the default slopcoded website design?
      • rvz 1 hour ago
        Yes. It is the clearest giveaway of a complete slop style site.
        • cdnsteve 58 minutes ago
          Working on making light mode, I'm more of a dark mode guy myself but I get it. Should be fixed shortly. MVPs don't give me time for much of a stylistic polish at this point.
          • andai 31 minutes ago
            Is this GPT? I'm trying to train myself to distinguish the different breeds.
        • fourside 47 minutes ago
          Yeah and it’s buggy on mobile
          • cdnsteve 40 minutes ago
            Sorry about that, the focus was desktop for now. It's definitely on my todo list.
  • dominotw 51 minutes ago
    you dont need Clickbait youtube title lies on HN.

    Hate these so much.

    • andai 30 minutes ago
      What would you have titled it?