CS 371p Fall 2020: Pranay Kalagara

What did you do this past week?

I worked a lot on Collatz and ended up finishing. It took some time but I was able to figure out how to work everything with the makefile and properly optimize my solution. I also spent some time looking at the notes Professor Downing went over in class and familiarizing myself with C++ concepts.

What’s in your way?

Since I’ve finished Collatz, there’s not much for OOP this coming week. I guess more than anything I need to get more familiar with using gitlab.

What will you do next week?

This coming week I will attend lectures, do the readings and blog, and also hopefully get started early on the next project. I feel like I waited too long to start this one so I don’t want to repeat that.

What was your experience of Collatz, the starter code, the makefile, its optimizations, and exceptions?

My experience of Collatz and the starter code was very unique. The coding aspect of the project was fairly easy. I felt the hard part was everything else like the pipeline and knowing how to use all the commands. It took a while to figure out.

What made you happy this week?

I reccieved some Hackerrank interviews for internships and got most of the questions right so that was something that definelty brightened my mood.

What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?

My pick-of-the-week is using Leetcode. It’s a great platform for interview prep and I’ve been using it to get myself ready. Lots of potential interview questions are on there and you can search by company or topic.