So you want to do USACO? Make sure you actually like it and aren’t doing it because you want it on your college resume! (See previous article) I’m going to assume that you understand USACO well enough and competed in some competitions/looked at some problems already. But here are my suggestions
Signatures are truly a work of art. As they mature through age, they become more flowing, graceful, and elegant. I remember the days during my childhood, when, after meticulously writing my name in cursive, I would broadly proclaim: “Look at this beautiful signature.” It was a long journey as my
Have you ever noticed how mobile sites are taking longer and longer to load? When I want read the news on the LA Times, they first load all the fancy animations (while I’m staring at a white page), and then finally the article appears. I understand why it takes so
I 100% admit that I don’t know any programming language 100%. I have to look at a cheat sheet every single time I program. Especially for students in high school like me, I don’t really see the point in memorizing all the functions and syntax structures for all the languages you
I recently got a Raspberry Pi much to my delight… until I realized that as a software-focused developer, the Pi has very little use for me. Sure it’s great to have, but honestly it’s pretty useless. I looked at a lot of open sourced projects but a lot required hardware
This is referencing to UIL computer science programming contests in Texas with PC^2 Common Misconceptions: “Let’s do 1,2,3 first” DO NOT GO IN ORDER There is no pattern in the order of the problems. The last problem might be the easiest. If it looks too hard, skip it and