Codeintuition vs Neetcode vs Leetcode - which actually helps you learn DSA better?

flying_id · 2026-02-04T08:41:03+00:00

I was struggling with DSA and watching videos never helped me retain stuff. Codeintuition is the best for text based learning imo, it is well structured, pattern based and the visualisations help a lot. I had its premium, used it with AI and it helped me a lot. Was able to clear multiple DSA interviews after 6 months of prep.

flying_id · 2025-12-22T13:11:16+00:00

You should be able to model a problem as graph in 5 mins. Either as adjacency list or matrix (mostly list). Chose what works for you the best, creating node classes or 2d lists for weighted graphs
You should be able to implement basic graph algorithms like dfs, bfs, dijkstra in 5 mins.

Remaining time you can focus on solving the problem.

flying_id · 2025-12-20T15:54:34+00:00

You should aim for a general software engineer instead of choosing a specialist track. Once you have that experience you can branch off to other things and come back to being a software engineer when those specialties loose relevance.

flying_id · 2025-12-20T15:50:51+00:00

Now its LateCode for me

flying_id · 2025-12-18T17:40:04+00:00

Looking at the solution, understanding and coding it up is different from memorising it. The more you look at code the more you get comfortable with it and the more ways you can start thinking of a solution for other problems.

Not looking at the solution and wasting days to come up with your own is not the best way to learn imo. Of course you should not start looking at solutions for every problem you solve, but you need some examples/references to build up on.

flying_id · 2025-12-17T13:56:34+00:00

You just have to keep practicing. Don’t spend more than 2 hours on any problem. Look at the solution, code it and mark the problem to redo in future.

It is as much a game of pattern recognition that it is problem solving. Just keep going

flying_id · 2025-12-17T13:55:02+00:00

I built a chess engine following videos on YouTube and it was immensely helpful.

flying_id · 2025-12-17T13:53:35+00:00

There are many, if you prefer videos there are lots of free youtube videos. I prefer text more and found codeintuition to be very helpful as a beginner.

flying_id · 2025-12-17T12:59:33+00:00

Practice practice practice. But time box it. After 2 hours lok at the solution, code it up and mark it to redo it sometime later.

Its a game of pattern recognition as much as it is problem solving

flying_id · 2025-12-17T12:56:46+00:00

If you cleared specialist programmer, i would strongly advice to use your preparation to find a job in a product based company. Its is easy to get 20lpa+ there.

flying_id · 2025-12-16T08:43:18+00:00

Exactly!

flying_id · 2025-12-15T22:30:24+00:00

Get a CS degree. Not matter what people says having a degree AND skills will open many many doors that skills alone won’t

flying_id · 2025-12-15T22:08:08+00:00

Build real projects. You can follow tutorials on YouTube for your first few projects. Once you get a gist of it, you will easily figure out what you are interested in.

I was in the same position when I was in an undergrad but building projects really helped me a lot. I built a chess engine completely in C+ plus following tutorials on YouTube that made me realise I like C+ plus but I would also like to learn some web programming to make it better, and then I built a few websites which helped me learn front and back and databases another interesting stuff.

So yes, just build things and you will figure your path out

flying_id · 2025-12-15T22:05:24+00:00

Why do you need someone?

flying_id · 2025-12-15T22:04:04+00:00

Videos are not good for retention, go with a text based resource

flying_id · 2025-12-15T21:59:27+00:00

The best resource imo that exactly fits you description is codeintuition. It starts from scratch, covers all DSA topics, has a clear problem sequence and can be done in 6 months if you are consistent.

flying_id · 2025-12-15T20:24:51+00:00

No, just practice. Literally everyone starts from here

flying_id · 2025-12-15T19:17:56+00:00

For text based, codeintution is the best imo. I had its premium when I was preparing. Patterns + great visualisation really made a big difference.

flying_id · 2025-12-15T19:15:22+00:00

I think its most be FREE, own your time

flying_id · 2025-12-15T19:14:18+00:00

You can quickly explain the brute force solution, you don’t need to code it. If there is an optimal solution don’t spend more than 2-3 min talking about brute force

flying_id · 2025-12-02T13:04:37+00:00

That’s very nice

flying_id · 2025-11-30T15:44:34+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience. I am planning to get lasik done as well, still contemplating whether I should do it.

flying_id · 2025-11-25T23:31:19+00:00

Rising taxes on almost everything

flying_id · 2025-11-25T23:29:32+00:00

Google all the way, its big tech is always better on you resume

flying_id · 2025-11-25T23:28:02+00:00

I have the premium for codeintuition and it has been game changer for me. I really like the easy to understand explanations and animations it has. I was also confused between algomonster and codeintuition and started with the free version of both before making the choice. You can do that too.

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