[HN Gopher] Algorithms for competitive programming
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       Algorithms for competitive programming
        
       Author : memorable
       Score  : 162 points
       Date   : 2022-09-19 07:27 UTC (15 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (cp-algorithms.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (cp-algorithms.com)
        
       | tekichan wrote:
       | Great website with curated content! Been using it since last 4
       | years! Highly recommend.
        
       | perfecthjrjth wrote:
       | Leetcode problems mostly come from competitive programming.
       | That's what FAANG wants: olympiad programmers.
        
         | lawrenceyan wrote:
         | This comment comes off as a little self-deprecating / resigned.
         | 
         | So I just want to say, don't underestimate yourself! I think
         | you would be surprised as to how much you can actually
         | achieve/learn + how doable these problems are once your
         | foundation is down.
         | 
         | The potential of the average person is vastly underestimated,
         | and the "gifted"/genius person vastly overhyped.
        
         | dan-robertson wrote:
         | I think the people who come up with leetcode problems are just
         | going to be into competitive programming. There are a bunch of
         | tricks that are specific to competitive programming just like
         | there are a bunch of common tricks/themes in IMO problems. And,
         | like in IMO, some of th3 required skills are only relevant to
         | the competition and some are more generally applicable (even if
         | part of the value of competitive programming is just being good
         | at some coding interviews)
        
         | zwkrt wrote:
         | Well, it certainly helps confirm my theory that Leetcode
         | interviews are actually just intelligence tests.
        
       | 3pm wrote:
       | This is really good, it was originally in Russian, by Max Ivanov.
       | Another site that now offers some interactive leetcode-like
       | functionality is USACO (The United States of America Computing
       | Olympiad)[1]. Among other guides, they reference Competitive
       | Programmer's Handbook (CPH) by Antti Laaksonen[2](PDF)
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       | https://usaco.guide/
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       | https://usaco.guide/CPH.pdf
        
       | account-5 wrote:
       | Bookmarked, not a competitive programmer but definitely need to
       | brush up on my algorithms; hope it's not too technical!
        
       | carapace wrote:
       | See also "Algorithms for Modern Hardware" by Sergey Slotin
       | https://en.algorithmica.org/hpc/
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       | > Its intended audience is everyone from performance engineers
       | and practical algorithm researchers to undergraduate computer
       | science students who have just finished an advanced algorithms
       | course and want to learn more practical ways to speed up a
       | program ...
        
       | goatcode wrote:
       | That domain name could have been chosen with a bit more care...
        
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