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Show HN: I couldn't afford interview prep, so I built a free alternative

21 points cdnsteve 1 hour ago 22 comments

desireco42 56 minutes ago | parent

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.

askl 54 minutes ago | parent

Isn't it just the default slopcoded website design?

rvz 42 minutes ago | parent

Yes. It is the clearest giveaway of a complete slop style site.

cdnsteve 39 minutes ago | parent

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 11 minutes ago | parent

Is this GPT? I'm trying to train myself to distinguish the different breeds.

fourside 27 minutes ago | parent

Yeah and it’s buggy on mobile

cdnsteve 20 minutes ago | parent

Sorry about that, the focus was desktop for now. It's definitely on my todo list.

cdnsteve 42 minutes ago | parent

Thanks for the feedback!

esafak 44 minutes ago | parent

You couldn't afford a used book but can afford the tokens? No decent library around either? Okay, boss...

cdnsteve 40 minutes ago | parent

lol, books don't give you that fresh MVP build feel

nsxwolf 13 minutes ago | parent

What books? That horrible green book?

xgulfie 12 minutes ago | parent

why would you go read a book, it wouldn't even make the HN front page

dayvid 40 minutes ago | parent

A Neetcode or Leetcode subscription is one of the highest ROI things you can buy

drstewart 22 minutes ago | parent

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 13 minutes ago | parent

What is the principle?

dominotw 32 minutes ago | parent

you dont need Clickbait youtube title lies on HN.

Hate these so much.

andai 11 minutes ago | parent

What would you have titled it?

elephanlemon 19 minutes ago | parent

Are leetcode interviews still a thing in 2026?

nsxwolf 14 minutes ago | parent

Expedia was about to Leetcode me but I took another offer before it happened.

vovavili 8 minutes ago | parent

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.

pelagicAustral 17 minutes ago | parent

I like the look of the app... I just wonder if leetcode interviews are even a thing anymore...

cdnsteve 6 minutes ago | parent

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.