This is the medium-level problem with simple intuition and easy to visualize the problem. Here’s the link. https://leetcode.com/problems/furthest-building-you-can-reach/ Let’s think and solve together after you’ve read. To maximize the explanation, please try to think for at least 10 min. The first thing you want to do is to narrow the…

I came across this problem on LeetCode about string. You are given a string s that consists of only digits. Check if we can split s into two or more non-empty substrings such that the numerical values of the substrings are in descending order and the difference between numerical values…

Have you ever read the news about successful people and wondered why you couldn’t be as much as them? I felt bad sometimes. I felt worse when I read about people younger than me are already doing something great and they are praised by the society. …

It is tough being a leader. It is even tougher when all your team members look up to you. You are the one who is calling all the shots. I felt like I had great power. Of course, with it comes great responsibility. The theme of the hackathon is​ Hack…

In Myanmar, most people use Zawgyi font by default in both mobile and desktop browsers. Only a handful of tech-savvy people use the Unicode. As a developer building the websites for Myanmar end users, I need to make sure the website is displaying Zawgyi font by default. …

Over the past few weeks, I was in soul searching journey. I was more confident than ever in software development as I could accomplish some small feats. However, I did not become happier with my code. …

It’s been a year since my very first post on Medium. It was about how I would prepare myself to become a competitive programmer. Looking back, I was super stupid!? The funny thing is I still don’t think I am smart enough to get a great career in software industry…

Image credit: https://www.hackerearth.com/practice/algorithms/dynamic-programming/introduction-to-dynamic-programming-1/tutorial/ You should read the above link if you are new to dynamic programming. For Dynamic Programming the starting point is commonly the knapsack problem which you can read here. Dynamic Programming | Set 10 ( 0-1 Knapsack Problem) - GeeksforGeeks Given weights and values of n items, put these items in a knapsack of capacity W to get the maximum total value in the…www.geeksforgeeks.org

I am not joking this time. It’s been so long since I last wrote on medium. A lot of things changed since then. I deleted FB. I deleted LinkedIn. Most importantly, my focus shifted from competitive programming. Yeah, I do like it. I’d rather solve a puzzle than playing some…