https://writings.conall.dev/tags/tooling/ Recent content in Tooling on Conall O'Brien Hugo en-us Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0100 https://writings.conall.dev/posts/coding-interview-pattern-drill/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0100 https://writings.conall.dev/posts/coding-interview-pattern-drill/ <p>LeetCode-style interview prep has a hidden assumption baked in: that for any unfamiliar problem, you can quickly spot which algorithmic pattern applies — even though most problems admit more than one valid approach.</p> <p>Grinding through exercises doesn&rsquo;t really train that skill on its own. So I built a small tool to practice it directly: it pulls problems from LeetCode, then quizzes you multiple-choice style on which pattern fits before you ever write code.</p>