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cp-blog/update/ #12

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utterances-bot commented 1 year ago

September 2022 Update | Yet Another Competitive Programming Blog

Hey everyone, it’s been too long since I last took the time to sit down and write a blog post. There’s a multitude of reasons why I haven’t written anything lately. Mainly, once college started, any time to devote to CP instantly evaporated thanks to classes, clubs, and socializing. But also, I just didn’t have anything to write. Typically, when I write a blog post, I write with some topic or intent in mind, usually to educate or as an opinion piece. I’ve started a number of drafts for my next article but have tentatively scrapped all of them, simply because I realized midway that I either didn’t have too much to say or I didn’t feel qualified enough to write on the subj

https://mzhang2021.github.io/cp-blog/update/

crbonilha commented 1 year ago

It's so interesting to see this progression. I also had a blog back in the day, grinded cp like a madman, and nowadays I take it more easily. Funny enough I also started doing bouldering a few months ago, and I like your comparison of learning tricks in bouldering and learning a new algorithm. I hope you keep writing once in a while, because I find these posts interesting.

mfshi03 commented 1 year ago

Damn. This hits me in my feelings because it is so relatable (even though I am not a codeforces grandmaster lol). In high school, competitive programming was such a great way to meet new people. Now, it seems kind of like an obligation with all the new and shinier things in college.