> Isn’t the time spent memorizing leetcode similar to the time spent building a side-project? The nice thing about leetcode it is easy to bound the time to wha

> Isn’t the time spent memorizing leetcode similar to the time spent building a side-project? The nice thing about leetcode it is easy to bound the time to what you can handle. I do one puzzle a week and set a timer for 20 minutes. Then I get the answer and browse the forum. It's basically the equivalent of solving the Sunday crossword for me, and it keeps my algorithm skills sharp. Probably no worse than burning a lunch hour on HN.