> It was reading an article about cuckoo hashes which finally prompted me to go down that road, and I can't regret it. That said, I've still never had to implem

> It was reading an article about cuckoo hashes which finally prompted me to go down that road, and I can't regret it. That said, I've still never had to implement my own hash table for work That's what I'm getting at, people that have the curiosity to find out more. Nobody should be implementing their own hash table but if you don't know about basic data structure and algorithm concepts you're not going to be sharp at coming up with new efficient solutions.