Here is a prompt template I am using to help me understand what I missed and learn how I can make my solution better whenever I solve questions on leetcode:

Here is an interview question:
{ paste the question here }

Here is how I solved it:
{ paste your solution here }

Criticize my solution based on time and space complexity, bottlenecks, unnecessary work, duplicated work and code readability. Then provide me with the best posible solution for the question.

#promptTemplate

Hey yall .. say AMENNNNN...

Turns out deepseek with deepthink on is much better than chatgpt for analyzing complex DSA solutions and give great feedback with the most optimized solution.

Today, I was trying to analyse the problems I submitted for today's A2SV contest with chatgpt. Chatgpt roasted my solution and gave me an elegant looking solution which I didn't get the intuition for. The solution did not work for the given test cases. So I decided to debug the solution myself and got it to work. But it showed the same issue for other questions too.

Then I decided to try out deepseek R1 and it really impressed me with the way it reasoned about the questions. It provided me with flawless and optimized solutions and real feedback for my solution.

I got the 50 days badge for 2025 on Leetcode. 100 is next

I utilize AI whenever I find it hard to arrive at the optimal solution for a DSA problem. I tailor my prompt to prevent the LLM from giving me the solution code or the algorithm explicitly. The LLM asks me questions that reveal blind spots in the way I was thinking about the problem. It evaluates my answers to lead me in the right direction based on the answer I give. Here is the prompt template I use:

Provide me with hints and intuitions on how to solve the following problem optimally, without providing any code. You must not give me the solution to the problem explicitly. You should just ask me leading questions so that I can find the solution by myself. You must ask me the questions one by one, judge my answers, and tailor your next questions to my level of understanding. Remember you have to go through it extremely slowly and ask one question at a time. Try to make me get the answer from scratch step by step. Here is the question:

{ paste the question here }

#promptTemplate

I am super happy to announce that ScholarXIV.com has gotten an amazing Angel Investor.

He is investing $10k for 8% of the company at a post-money evaluation of $125k, and also apart from the investment, this investor is paying and helping with the incorporation of the company.

The investor is very incredible first for reaching out and then in that the investment is solely based on me and not on the product itself. Meaning I could pivot, I could decide the date I'll accept the investment and just makes things very flexible for me.

Currently I have decided to deal with the investment after YC applications which the investor is completely fine with but I have now started speeding up the company formation process in the US while expenses are covered by the Angel Investor.

There's still so much to go, so many decisions to make and most importantly so much to build. But even being in this spot and position is all God's good doing and grace. I also would like to thank all of you for the support and encouragement.

This's wonderful news and it's all credits to God.

#ScholarXIVWeb
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I turned copilot off and coded on my own this past week and the experience was worth it. To be honest, in any serious project coding with AI agents takes the fun away and leaves me only with the frustration of dealing with bugs afterwards. Manually writing code has given me a bit of a sense of accomplishment for thinking through everything myself and implementing features in a clean and maintainable way. It was really fun thinking every detail of my implementation. I was left with less bugs as a result of my careful planning and attention to detail. I now actually think it is much faster to manually write code and utilize AI to remind me of forgotten concepts, refer me to documentation sections and help me debug a particular piece of code for hard to identify bugs. Coding is fun this way.

Go is such a wonderful programming language. Everything is fast and easy with Go. It is weird when you see it for the first time since OOP and error handling are nothing like you've seen in other languages. I like the Go way better though. It is my favorite programming language so far

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Here is a repo that you can use to find info about free tier usage limits and links for LLM APIs:

https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources

Go and experiment with these for free

I was planning to hunt some international jobs, any tips

Ans:
Many of the questions I receive are related to hunting international jobs, so I’ll answer them all at once instead of repeating myself.

When I started looking for international opportunities, especially after COVID, I was fortunate..luck did play a role in my journey. I had strong skills, but timing and chance also mattered.

Today, the job market is harder. There are fewer jobs and more competition. My advice is:
=> Be patient. Finding the right opportunity takes time.
=> Work on your communication. Being clear and professional helps a lot.
=> Build an online presence. A LinkedIn profile or GitHub with real work helps.
=> Have a portfolio of projects. Show what you can do.
=> Trust the process. Keep learning and stay consistent.

Patience and effort will take you further than luck alone.

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