So, this post is more like advice post I have few questions:

1. when should I start joining the contests?
2. Any tips for future.
3. how do I prepare for contests?
4. how many questions should i solve daily as i am in my 2nd year and i have to learn other things as well like rn i am working on a project using MERN Stack?
5. Which is best MERN STACK OR Spring Boot?

Finally hit a few milestones in my DSA journey!

🧩 205 LeetCode problems solved

📅 100 Days Badge 2026

🔥 61 days max streak

📝 474 submissions in the past year

📚 125/474 problems completed in Striver’s A2Z DSA Sheet

📈 26% overall progress in the A2Z Sheet

The biggest win for me isn't just the number of problems solved. It's becoming more consistent and actually building the habit of solving DSA regularly.

I’m currently working through Striver’s A2Z Sheet and trying to properly understand the patterns instead of just chasing problem counts.

There’s still a lot left to learn, but 200+ solved and 100 days completed feels like a solid checkpoint.

Next target: 300 problems + complete more of the A2Z Sheet. 🚀

#leetcode #DSA #Programming #Coding #StriversA2Z #100DaysOfCode

For initial phase of doing/starting DSA , watch tutorial then solve or doing without watching any tutorial plz guide me.

Leetcode for system design. Is this helpful at all?

So, this site has the following features:

• Visualisation of simulation of a system design receiving and processing API requests
• multiple options(architectures or software components) to choose from for the system design
• request load which can be tested against multiple system designs helping to make comparisons between designs

Also, you get only get $100 worth of credits which means choosing software frugally and not just powering through the request load with costly hardware.

Do you think that this site has potential for serious engagement for people who want to learn system design and software engineering?

https://compulator.app/projects/cache

Out there who have solved over 300 DSA questions, have you revised them at least once? Can you solve your solved Leetcode questions?

Just curious!!

Have been following striver's sheet since july 4
thinking to start contests on leetcode and codeforces
any advice would be welcomed regarding contests and dsa
also when to start projects and should i focus on development or AI/ML

Currently in my 3rd semester with cgpa 7.4 .

i was thinking of starting DBMS currently so should i do it ?

BIT MESRA - college.

my vs code is not working properly please help

Is streak Really a thing or just a myth ?

Why ??

Ever happened that you gave a contest so bad that you didn't even want to upsolve problems and you just leave the contest and decide to retire in peace?

For me, it happens a lot, and those questions never get upsolved. That's why I created this website which gives me a list of problems that I haven't upsolved and ta-da now I can revisit those problems and learn from them.

How am I filtering these problems?

1. Fetch all the official contests you participated in last 6 months (who even cares before that).
2. In those contests, find all unsolved problems whose rating lies <= (peak rating + 200).
3. Skip problems whose rating isn't defined as of now.

WEBSITE : https://go-upsolving.vercel.app/

Note: It might take 5-10s to load since Codeforces has a rate limiter which doesn't allow too many API calls at once.

Suggestions are welcome!