Leetcode | Word Ladder II

Categories: Leetcode

In preparation for fulltime interviews in the coming months I’ve been doing a lot of leetcode questions. I have many feelings on whether or not this is the best way to determine someone’s coding abilities, but that’s for a different post. I wanted to share my struggles with one particular question: word ladder ii. I’m … Read More

Albert Camus on the Absurdity of Choosing to Live

Categories: Things I've Read

[source] “Every day must be borne, and the reward for bearing it is another day” “Crushing truths perish from being acknowledged” “I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds one’s burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is … Read More

Lima

Categories: Travel

I arrived in Lima about one week ago. I was literally shocked by the culture immediately when I got off of the airplane. 7 hours on a plane and I’m surrounded by a city slightly bigger than NYC in population, that speaks almost exclusively another language, which I know not-that-much about. It was chaos, the whole … Read More

Solution: HackerRank Sherlock and Moving Tiles in Ruby

Categories: Coding, Solutions

This one was pretty fun! To be honest, I found it a little tricky at first but once I got the hang of it the math was pretty easy. The key is understanding that the velocity of each square is how much they each move on the line y = x every interval. NOT how much … Read More

Note to Andy Puddicombe

Categories: Meditation

Andy Puddicombe is the voice of Headspace, a guided meditation app which has gotten some attention recently. I’ve been using Headpace for over a year now and really love it. As I was meditating this morning I had a question regarding the meditation and wanted to reach out to Andy. Hopefully I’ll get a response! The question … Read More

This Will Not Be Much

Categories: Self

I want to write something every night before I go to bed. It might not be good, it might not even follow a coherent theme. But it will be words that I created. At the end of the day it will be my creation. I’ve been utilizing headspace for many months now and have been thoroughly enjoying it. … Read More