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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 15h

#100Devs Improving myself and trying to go from staff to principal (whatever senior/manager dev is) I've been working with a mentor and he pointed out something when I talk about my work that stuck with me: "you just did something but that's it, I don't feel the need"

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 15h

Day 14 of #NeetCode150 my brute force was exceeding a time limit so I had to get some help for the not brute force method but proud of myself for getting to a brute force answer and that sometimes shoving into a empty array isn't the best idea. Exposed I struggle w while loops.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Day 13 #NeetCode150 I knew this one from previous work but this question wanted to get rid of the "bad stuff" in the s parameter. I don't think there's a more efficient way to solve based on the video and what the answer key says. I want to just commit to memory.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Day 12 of #NeetCode150 I had a hard time understanding what the question was asking so I'm putting in my anki deck make sure you understand what "consecutive sequence" is asking for in this paragraph. The code was long I want to learn the other answer that was more efficient.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m finally cool! #100Devs thanks for making sure I finally got one this made my Monday and my week! This community is something else and is why I don’t ever stop improving myself.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Day 11 of #NeetCode150 this was another pseudo code and ask for help via the youtube video attached to it. I also am working with a mentor on mock interviewing these and fixing how I talk through these so I sound more senior vs junior to him by talking about economics of my code.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Day 10 of #NeetCode150 I went over some old ones and wanted to force myself to understand why my one liner might not be the best answer even tho I reach for it and understanding memory and cost effectiveness

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Day 9 of #NeetCode150 today is no new problems just a review day I am spending a few hours at a cute cozy new to me coffee shop and reading grokking algorithms to help supplement understanding how to measure how fast my code is. Also taking time to make new anki cards .

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Day 8 of #NeetCode150 this one hurt because I know I've seen this before but forgot most of it so I googled hard. I am now assigning myself readings on understanding hash map and why some solutions are better and applying it to the easy for me questions.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Day 7 of #NeetCode150 I got to this point and just decided I'm going to watch the explanation video I just didn't know how to get past this part without help and that's ok I love how it was explained to me and realized I need to go back through the older questions and explain On

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I forgot how much I enjoyed new things when doing #100Devs and I also forgot that there was a time where I struggled really hard with even the most basic 8kyus. I'm giving myself grace and got lucky that #NeetCode150 has another great teacher on youtube to learn from and that it's ok that

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Day 6 of #NeetCode150 I found out yesterday there were detailed videos for answers and now I'm going back watching older ones and they do an amazing job of explaining the answers. But here's todays this was hard because it was 2 functions and forced me to do a while loop.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Day 5 of #NeetCode150 this one took a lot of googling I knew because of the pattern to start with an empty dict and that I would be using sorted() but needed help with making the count dictionary after the for loop and how to return my tuple by frequency.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Day 4 of #NeetCode150 this took a lot of googling for me but sort of the same skill from yesterday I knew setting to an empty dict and returning a list off the bat and using sorted() was the tip off because I say "ordered" and "anagram" but had to google the inside of for loop.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Day 3 of #NeetCode150 and this one wasn't easy. Had to psuedo code and use google a lot especially with the loop. I put 10 mins on a timer and just psuedo coded most of this and then probably spent 20 minutes just googling. Taking my time to anki this one #100Devs

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Day 2 #NeetCode150 its the 75 blind + 75 more. The tip off was "anagram" that sorted() was needed and then a simple compare with an if/else and my final answer I made it as DRY as possible. Also am redoing my Anki based off this challenge. No more copying questions. I'm now asking questions like

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#100Devs I need to get better at leetcode so I'm doing #NeetCode150 solving 1 new problem every day and using socials as my accountability partner. So here's the 1st one. Array and "appears more then once" were my tip off to use len() set() and compare.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’ll take bad art over an AI flyer for these businesses posting. Like to me the AI generated flyers scream “I’m cheap and I’ll cut corners if you hire me”.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It’s odd being in that phase of life where really doing more actually doesn’t move the needle anymore like it used to. I’m glad I grinded hard in my 20s but now I’m at the point of diminishing returns. The importance now is consistency vs intensity.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I used to be afraid of failing. Now I’m just afraid I’ll run out of time to attempt failure or success.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

@egonschiele.bsky.social deserves all the flowers and more for creating this beautiful book and explaining things simply

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

What’s stopping you from practicing your Leetcode/codewars like this?

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I find it funny in my new job everyone knows if I wrote the code because it “looks like a human” wrote it 😆

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

What happened to “cool new cars” I remember as a kid being excited to see like a new car get unveiled and now I’m just like it looks cheap.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Life is too short to continue being unhappy and sadly some people will choose unhappiness because it’s familiar but they have to be the ones to want to make a change.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Prediction: we’re gonna eventually abandon this version of the internet because it’ll be littered with AI slop and bots that we go to a new one where they don’t exist.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

There’s this guy who owns a gold Tesla cyber truck that always is double fisting drinks that fully trusts the self driving feature and I saw him almost get wiped out by farm equipment. Reminder to be mindful this season with or without self driving.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

How I make it look like I’ve coded everyday on GitHub 🟩 as quick as it takes to open a bottle of wine 🍷 here’s the before, during, and after. Lmk if you want the tutorial or Python 🐍 which is public. #coding #pythonautomation #SoftwareDevelopment

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I noticed a lot of solutions in my life are simple from tech to agriculture to personal goals. Simple does not equal easy every time.

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Rufio @helloitsrufio.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Come work on my portfolio with me today in #stream! Live rn at twitch.tv/helloitsrufio

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

When that side hustle becomes a main hustle you need a new side hustle because of how unstable and uncertain things are in this economy 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Went to the eye doctor for the first time in 20 years because I finally got vision insurance free at my new job and I still don’t need eye glasses and have 20/20 vision.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

One thing I really appreciate at my local rural coffee shop is you can hear english, german, dutch, spanish, south african, and if you include me japanese/chinese while getting sourdough donuts and coffee

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I think Steve Woz said it best: “you all have AI, actual intelligence”

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

My accomplishment is I backed the trailer in one go into a tight spot with no help and didn’t cry.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

My unicorn 🦄 going over a rainbow 🌈

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I grew up in a GM family and GM town (Flint, MI) and I really want one of those cute little Chinese EVs for just going to the grocery store and that charges up fast. Also weird the ford CEO has a Chinese EV as his daily driver and not a ford 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

4 years ago I was afraid my agriculture degrees/experience would stop me from transitioning into tech. I’m excited to announce I’ve started my second role in the healthcare tech industry after learning on YT how to code. I am blessed this career lets me enjoy ag and teach it.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This pic of my horse chilling in his pasture looks like a Microsoft desktop photo and I can’t unsee it 😆

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

You know what I don’t understand is how Apple missed the opportunity on LLMs/AI like they had Siri programmed in all our Apple stuff like we all (Apple users) would’ve used it as a default and probably wouldn’t have switched off of it. But then that’s why Tim Cook is gone.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The older I get the more I realize you can’t make people want it or have the discipline to do things when they need to do it.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A new use for LLMs for me is creating this recipe book in the blue willow style I love and having it fully hyperlinked and searchable and that I can add hand writing and photos and stories from my family/friends! Styled with the help of Claude.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Well it’s official I deleted all my chats, memories, and now the account I had with ChatGPT. It was nice knowing you but it’s time to part ways.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I think Claude has lost it’s spot for me as my top LLM. Google/gemini I think is slowly but surely winning me over and possibly the AI war for me. Anyone else notice how poorly Claude is recently with coding? More specifically how you have to be in top paid tier to access it?

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I’ve been really happy to help the rabbit community with my app BunINDEX and now am thrilled to be helping fellow agronomists and farmers with my data analytics tool that makes a simple but powerful PowerPoint that I’m now getting ready to release cost effectively.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I still say the Tigers play at Tiger Stadium and the Red Wings play at Joe Louis Arena even tho I know both of those things aren't a thing anymore by default and I can't fix it lol.

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Marcia Cripps @marciac95.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Getting older I’ve realized some people are just addicted to the struggle and would rather work hard to recruit you vs work hard to get out of the struggle 🤷🏻‍♀️

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