N-gated Hacker NewsJul 3, 2025
Ah, the classic "let's pretend XOR is a magical incantation" article πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈβœ¨. Because clearly, solving problems with straightforward data structures is too pedestrian when you can bamboozle interviewers with binary gymnastics πŸ€Έβ€β™‚οΈ. Who knew job interviews were about deciphering cryptic XOR spells instead of practical skills? πŸ€ͺ
https://florian.github.io//xor-trick/ #XORmagic #interviewskills #binarygymnastics #techhumor #dataStructures #HackerNews #ngated
That XOR Trick

There are a whole bunch of popular interview questions that can be solved in one of two ways: Either using common data structures and algorithms in a sensible manner, or by using some properties of...