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Data Structures & Algorithms hard

Largest Area Histogram Matrix

Given a binary matrix, compute the largest rectangle area consisting entirely of 1s.

stack histogram matrix
+40 pts 35m
Data Structures & Algorithms easy

Employees earning more than manager

Given employee records with manager IDs, find those who earn more than their direct manager.

hash-map graph dictionary
+10 pts 15m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Arithmetic Slices Count

Given a list of integers, count how many contiguous subarrays of length at least 3 form an arithmetic sequence.

arrays arithmetic counting
+15 pts 20m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Accounts Merge

Given a list of accounts, merge those that share any email and return sorted accounts.

union-find graph sorting
+28 pts 30m
Data Structures & Algorithms hard

Knight Tour Count

Implement a backtracking search to count all ways a knight can visit every cell on a 5x5 board exactly once starting from (0,0).

backtracking dfs board
+40 pts 35m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Strobogrammatic number II

Given a positive integer n, return all strobogrammatic numbers of length n in ascending order.

strings recursion number
+25 pts 20m
Advanced Python medium

Context manager timer

Implement a Timer context manager that records elapsed seconds.

context-manager time
1
+22 pts 20m
Advanced Python easy

Infinite counter generator

Create an infinite counter starting from `start`, stepping by `step`.

generators itertools
+12 pts 12m
Advanced Python medium

Retry decorator

Implement @retry(times=3) that retries a function on exception.

decorators error-handling
+28 pts 25m
Advanced Python medium

2D Vector dataclass

Implement a Vector2D dataclass with +, -, scalar *, dot product, and magnitude.

dataclass OOP math
1
+20 pts 18m
Advanced Python hard

Data pipeline

Implement a Pipeline class supporting pipe chaining with the | operator.

functional OOP pipeline
1
+40 pts 35m
Advanced Python hard

Validated descriptor

Implement a TypedField descriptor that raises TypeError if the value is not of the expected type.

descriptors OOP metaclass
+40 pts 35m
Advanced Python easy

Async Context Manager Lifecycle

Build an async context manager class that tracks acquisition and ensures cleanup.

async context-manager magic-methods
+10 pts 15m
Advanced Python easy

Default Argument Trap

Implement a function that safely accumulates items without the classic mutable default argument bug.

default-arguments mutable immutability
+8 pts 10m
Advanced Python medium

Multiprocessing Queue

Implement a function that uses a multiprocessing queue to compute factorials of a list of numbers in parallel.

multiprocessing queue parallel
+25 pts 25m
Advanced Python medium

TypeVar bounded generic

Learn to use TypeVar with bounds to write type-safe generic functions in Python.

generics typevar typing
+20 pts 15m
Advanced Python medium

Metaclass Registry

Implement a metaclass that automatically registers every subclass in a class-level registry.

metaclass registry oop
+25 pts 25m
Advanced Python medium

Context Variable Scope

Implement a context manager that temporarily changes a global variable and restores it afterwards, even if an exception occurs.

context-manager global-scope scope
+20 pts 20m
Advanced Python medium

Descriptor Property

Create a descriptor class that ensures attribute values are positive integers.

descriptors oop python-advanced
+20 pts 20m
Iterators & Generators easy

Custom iterator class

Implement a custom iterator class that repeatedly yields elements from a list up to a given number of times.

iterator class cycle
+10 pts 15m
Iterators & Generators easy

Generator Pipeline

Implement a generator function that yields only even numbers from an input list, squared.

generators lazy-evaluation filter
+8 pts 12m
Iterators & Generators easy

Range-like generator

Implement a custom generator that yields numbers like Python's range but with flexible bounds.

generator yield range
+8 pts 12m
Iterators & Generators easy

Fibonacci Generator

Create a generator function that yields Fibonacci numbers from 0 upward until a given limit.

generator fibonacci lazy evaluation
+8 pts 10m
Iterators & Generators medium

Prime Sieve Generator

Implement a generator function that yields prime numbers from 2 up to a specified limit, using an efficient sieve approach.

generators prime sieve
+20 pts 20m

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