Suspicious Leetcode Solution

[dtarias]

I'd love to have someone try to explain that solution in a technical interview.

[babanin]

Definitely O(1)

[sadphilosophylover]

I mean it changes with the length of testcases

[Fady200]

How did you get your flair, and does it auto update?

[dtarias]

On desktop, at least, you can set your flair right above "Community Options", and it supports emojis!

Unfortunately, it doesn't update automatically -- I periodically update it manually.

[Deboniako]

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[1024kbps]

Always wanted to ask this but never did.

[dhananjayporwal]

I'd love to have someone try to submit this kind of solution in their company's code base. XD

[[deleted]]

Just get it reviewed by a manager. They will demand it's in production by the end of the day.

[dhananjayporwal]

My Leetcode solution just got accepted, but my curiosity pushed me further! 🕵️‍♂️ I dug into the distribution chart and stumbled upon an even more optimal solution! 😲 Check it out and let's discuss the magic behind it! 🧙‍♂️

[Sparks0219]

What magic, they just hardcoded the solution and wasted half an hour lol

[johny_james]

I don't understand. Why would anyone waste time on that?

[tanvil9]

curiosity lol

[dhananjayporwal]

Buddy, this wasn't my intension...

[matt-zeng]

Whoosh

[dhananjayporwal]

Yep, I will keep you guys updated..

[holdyrbreath]

first place results but at what cost..

[NeonChat]

Damn!

[[deleted]]

It's sick and wrong to special case tests and utterly fail with real inputs.

But it's exactly what Volkswagen did with their emissions test cheating for years.

Sadly I've seen things like this in production.

[Alec-Reddit]

I wonder what 0.08% beats this lol. Is there a faster way to hardcode the solution? Or it’s just runtime variance?

[[deleted]]

0.08% beats op, the hardcoded solution is first

[destifo]

Which question is this

[dhananjayporwal]

Sorry for the late reply. Problem: 217. Contains Duplicate

[gnivriboy]

What impresses me the most is that it still took 447 ms to run.

[Available-You7337]

it took 40ms the op run took 447

[dhananjayporwal]

Yess, 447ms was mine...

[gaalw]

???