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Working with Images Using NumPy

I finished reading “Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs” by John Doerr. The book describes a process based on something called OKR. KPIs are in some cases confused with OKRs. OKRs are like KPIs on steroids.

In a nutshell, one specifies an objective / goal and then defines a set of OKRs which need to be completed to achieve the objective. The process has been used by many successful companies and organizations worldwide.

The book is easy and interesting to read. I already created two objectives and a set of OKRs for each. Will let you know in about three months how my OKRs worked. Continue reading “Working with Images Using NumPy”

Spam Filter

In this post we will implement a spam filter. My motivation is dual. On one hand I am reading and experimenting with the book Natural Language Processing by Ekaterina Kockmar published by Manning. On the other hand, I am experimenting with VSCode IDE using GitHub Copilot. If interested I would suggest following the book. I purchased a copy via Amazon Prime.

I have to disclose that at this time I am a Microsoft employee and have been using Visual Studio and VSCode for many years. Continue reading “Spam Filter”

First ChatGPT Post – Populate Binary Tree

Hope your weekend is going well. I will start with an unrelated event to the main subject of this post.

When I was working at my first job in Minneapolis, Minnesota the Red Cross would stop by at work for blood drives. They made it simple, so I started to give blood once a year.

Time went by and I decided to do it twice a year (one for my wife and one for me). I had my first appointment for 2023 last Friday afternoon. All went well as usual up to the point in which after the gauze was taped to my arm to protect the area from which the needle was removed. The technician offered a bandage to put pressure over the gauze to protect it for a couple hours. I have always declined and this time was no different. Continue reading “First ChatGPT Post – Populate Binary Tree”

Insertion Sort – Revisited

Insertion Sort implements an algorithm similar to ordering a hand of cards in ascending order. The algorithm is O(n^2) execution and typically is useful when sorting a rather small number of elements.

Several years ago (November 03, 2016) I generated the post Insertion Sort in this blog. The code snippets do not look nice. It seems that the tool I was using to format source code is no longer working as expected. Continue reading “Insertion Sort – Revisited”

Largest Triple Product Third Post in Java

In this post we will revisit a practice question Largest Triple Products. Not sure if today this question would be of interest to Facebook and /or to Meta Platforms technical job seekers.

My original post Largest Triple Products was superseded by Largest Triple Products – Revisited and by this latest post.

The motivation for this post came from a question left by Brent Boyer which suggested an implementation for the function of interest. I have included it in this post as `findMaxProduct3`. Continue reading “Largest Triple Product Third Post in Java”

LeetCode 111. Minimum Depth of Binary Tree in Java

In this post we will solve LeetCode 111. Minimum Depth of Binary Tree problem using Java and the VSCode IDE on a Windows computer. Not that it matters, but I am using Windows 11.

Given a binary tree, find its minimum depth.

The minimum depth is the number of nodes along the shortest path 
from the root node down to the nearest leaf node.

Note: A leaf is a node with no children.

Constraints:

o The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [0, 10^5].
o -1000 <= Node.val <= 1000

Related Topics:

o Tree
* Depth-First Search
* Breadth-First Search
o Binary Tree

We are given the root of a binary tree and are asked to find the minimum depth of the tree. A couple years ago we solved in this post Maximum Depth of a Binary Tree.

The definition of minimum depth is provided in the requirements for the problem at hand. Continue reading “LeetCode 111. Minimum Depth of Binary Tree in Java”

LeetCode 681. Next Closest Time in Java

In this post we will solve LeetCode 681. Next Closest Time problem using the Java programming language, the VSCode IDE on a Windows computer. Please note that the computer platform and the IDE should make no difference. One of the simplest ways to solve the problem is to use the online IDE provided by LeetCode.

Given a time represented in the format "HH:MM", 
form the next closest time by reusing the current digits. 
There is no limit on how many times a digit can be reused.

You may assume the given input string is always valid. 
For example, "01:34", "12:09" are all valid. 
"1:34", "12:9" are all invalid.

Constraints:

* time.length == 5
* time is a valid time in the form "HH:MM".
o 0 <= HH < 24
o 0 <= MM < 60

Related Topics:

o String
o Enumeration

We are given a string with a time expressed in 24-hour format. By reusing the digits as many times as needed, we need to form the next closest time. Continue reading “LeetCode 681. Next Closest Time in Java”

LeetCode 949. Largest Time for Given Digits in Java

In this post we will solve the LeetCode 949. Largest Time for Given Digits problem using the Java programming language and the VSCode IDE on a Windows computer.

Given an array arr of 4 digits, 
find the latest 24-hour time that can be made using each digit exactly once.

24-hour times are formatted as "HH:MM", 
where HH is between 00 and 23, 
and MM is between 00 and 59. 
The earliest 24-hour time is 00:00, and the latest is 23:59.

Return the `latest`di 24-hour time in "HH:MM" format.
If no valid time can be made, return an empty string.

Related Topics:

o String
o Enumeration

We are given an int[] array with four digits. We need to find the latest 24-hour time using exactly each digit once and return the results using the HH:MM format. Continue reading “LeetCode 949. Largest Time for Given Digits in Java”

LeetCode 84. Largest Rectangle in Histogram in Java

In this post we will solve LeetCode 84. Largest Rectangle in Histogram problem using the Java programming language and the VSCode IDE on a Windows computer.

Given an array of integers heights representing the histogram's bar height where the width of each bar is 1, 
return the area of the largest rectangle in the histogram.

Constraints:

o 1 <= heights.length <= 10^5
o 0 <= heights[i] <= 10^4

Related Topics:
* Array
o Stack
* Monotonic Stack

We are given an array representing a histogram. The width of each bar holding a value is 1 unit. We are asked to return the area of the largest rectangle in the histogram. Continue reading “LeetCode 84. Largest Rectangle in Histogram in Java”

LeetCode 1804. Implement Trie II (Prefix Tree) in Java

In this post I will solve LeetCode 1804. Implement Trie II (Prefix Tree) problem using Java and the VSCode IDE on a Windows computer.

In a previous post we discussed and implemented a solution for LeetCode 208. Implement Trie (Prefix Tree) in Java which is similar yet different to this one.

Please note that I carried away experimenting with the current problem as I did with the previous one. Due to this I implemented two solutions. After the first one was accepted I tried improving performance and readability. That created a second solution. Due to my approach I ended up with a large amount of code which I will post and comment on. For the first implementation I will go light on comments. Continue reading “LeetCode 1804. Implement Trie II (Prefix Tree) in Java”