Writing on Data structures

Articles on Data structures from Tauseef Fayyaz: practical writing on engineering, AI and tech careers, drawn from leading a team and mentoring engineers.

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3 posts tagged “data structures”

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How to Learn DSA from Scratch: A 12-Week DSA Roadmap for Beginners
How to learn DSA from scratch when you cannot solve anything yet: a phased 12-week plan, how to start LeetCode, how many problems are enough, a review system so you stop forgetting solutions, and whether to use C++, Java or Python.Sep 17, 202616
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Fifteen Problem Shapes and the Move That Solves Each
Fifteen LeetCode patterns written as signal plus move: hash maps, two pointers, sliding window, prefix sums, heaps, backtracking, dynamic programming, BFS, DFS and Dijkstra, with a recognition table and a way to practise so they stick.Aug 13, 202614
data structures
Choosing a Data Structure Is Choosing What to Make Cheap
How to choose the right data structure: twelve situations paired with the structure that makes the frequent operation cheap, a time complexity table, three questions to ask before storing anything, and the mistakes I see most.Aug 7, 202633

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