Category Archives: ShortPosts

LeetCode helper (Tampermonkey)

Posted on September 15, 2023 by rendon

A tiny script that facilitates interactions with the LeetCode website. It adds one button on the top-left to easily copy the problem ID and problem URL. Because copying the ID from the URL bar is a pain in the neck.

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Merriam-Webster helper (Tampermonkey)

Posted on September 15, 2023 by rendon

A tiny script that makes merriam-webster.com/ work nicely with Vimium. Features:

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Segment Tree

Posted on September 12, 2023 by rendon

Theory Implementation With lazy propagation Practice problems

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Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm for substring search

Posted on August 30, 2023 by rendon

Theory Implementation Practice problems

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Rabin-Karp algorithm for substring search

Posted on August 30, 2023 by rendon

Theory Implementation Practice problems

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Boyer-Moore algorithm for substring search

Posted on August 30, 2023 by rendon

Theory Implementation Practice problems

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Exclude directories in IntelliJ’s Find in Files

Posted on July 13, 2022 by rendon

So, I’m working on a small project. Once in a while I open Find in Files to look something up, but I notice that the search is a bit slow even though I only have a few files. I’m aware … Continue reading →

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C++: Unordered maps and sets for non-primitive types

Posted on June 11, 2022 by rendon

Since C++ 11, we can use unordered sets and unordered maps. However, these data structures only seem to work with primitive types and strings. If you need a pair or a vector as the key, you’re out of luck. Fortunately, … Continue reading →

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Isolate the rightmost (least-significant) bit

Posted on March 27, 2022 by rendon

Fast & elegant: Tests Output Brute force Output for the new version Practice 231. Power of Two 191. Number of 1 Bits Related concepts Two’s complement

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Generate files with random bytes

Posted on March 25, 2022 by rendon

The following command grabs 20 Mb of random bytes from /dev/urandom and saves it to rnd.bin: Generate a bunch of files:

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