Week 12: Festivities and Coding

This week, a festive mood took over bringing Diwali cheer! Lights, sweets, and the comfort of home made for a nice break to enjoy with family and friends. The trip home meant good eats, chats with everyone, and taking in the pretty Diwali lights and fireworks. Even though the holiday came first coding didn't stay on the back burner for long. As the week ended, I got back to work solving coding problems and ready to jump into school stuff again.

Coding Highlights of the Week

Even though celebrations took center stage, I still solved some tricky problems. Here's what I got done this week:

Day 78: Started the week by solving 2501. Longest Square Streak in an Array.
Day 79: Worked on 2684. Maximum Number of Moves in a Grid, a tough problem that needed a careful strategy. I looked at the editorial to get the right idea for this one.
Day 80: 1671. Minimum Number of Removals to Make Mountain Array. This problem was tricky, and I looked at different ways to solve it to understand the best method.
Day 81: Solved 2463. Minimum Total Distance Traveled, which taught me more about ways to make distances smaller and how to use these methods in different problems.
Day 82: Began the November POTDs with 1957. Delete Characters to Make Fancy String and went back to the SDE sheet to practice more.
Day 83: Completed 2490. Circular Sentence keeping up my problem-solving habit even on busy days.
Day 84: 796. Rotate String – I solved this problem again, which helped me get back into coding .

Looking Ahead

Now that Diwali celebrations have ended, it's time to focus again on regular coding, the SDE sheet, and new college projects. This week of celebration gave me a break, and now I feel ready to get back to work, eager to face the next set of challenges.