You Don’t Need Leetcode

you can build an entire product like Slack using a tech stack from 2017 using React "class components" and Redux you don't need Next.js you don't need server components you don't need Hooks you don't need 500 microservices you don't need to accept @aws and @vercel as your deities and you definitely don't need leetcode bullshit in the odd chance you're the one principal engineer tasked with writing the algorithm for the Uber path determination, you can look it up when you need to. And you can use ChatGPT to help. Don't start out with preparing for that possibility. They're lying to you. They just want to: – sell you more courses and subscriptions – vendor-lock you into their crap – add more friction to changing jobs – have access to all your data, them and the NSA – to be able to shut you down in one second, if you ever deviate from the mainstream narrative

A dark-mode screenshot of a social media post argues that developers can build a Slack-like product with an older React and Redux stack, without Next.js, server components, Hooks, hundreds of microservices, or devotion to AWS and Vercel. It mocks leetcode-driven tech culture and claims that courses, subscriptions, vendor lock-in, job-switching friction, data collection, and ideological conformity are the real motives behind modern engineering advice. The meme is shared as an anti-hype, contrarian reaction to overengineering and algorithm-interview culture.

• @gentoomemes / 5685 2023-08-06