I also wanted to try what it feels like to “code something” just for fun. I came up with a project that I had in my head for a long time, but I never found the time to finish it – probably because of its time demands. I too fell for Claude Code and told […]
This year, I participated in several technical interview rounds for two different positions at Bloomreach. I decided to try a different approach: I completely avoided looking at candidates’ profiles – no CVs, no LinkedIn, no internal notes from previous rounds. My Strategy I prepared for each interview using only the candidate’s assignment solution. My reasoning […]
A month ago, I decided to fully switch to the Colemak keyboard layout. Until then, I had been typing on QWERTY and didn’t know how to type with all ten fingers. Now, I can type at a speed of about 30 words per minute. Why did I decide to make this change? I’m digitizing my […]
The year 2023, or the 3rd quarter, I have noticed that we divide ourselves like this. There is someone in my little bubble who is looking for a change at work. I am sometimes helpful and we discuss companies and positions. I saw several job descriptions. One thing caught my attention. The requirements state that […]
Hackerrank – Problem Statement A description of the problem can be found on Hackerrank. Solution I created an accumulator with initial value as empty string. I iterated through each character and updated the accumulator if an actual character is equals to last accumulator character, delete this character from the accumulator else append the character to […]