is leetcode still a thing in interviews. I personally want it to be. We need to start gatekeeping this profession hard ( this is a hard 180 from my stance for last 2 decades). Also regret contributing and being pro opensource.

Closedsource, credentialism and gatekeeping is my new stance.

I've never been a fan of leetcode and competitive programming because they're diffferent skills than software engineering. That said, if I were mentoring undergrads I would tell them that it's important to practice programming without any tools other than a simple text editor, a terminal, a compiler, and a debugger. Not on leetcode style problems, but building real software. Writing code on a whiteboard is also still a good test of whether you can run code in your head.

Who exactly is it that will be doing the gatekeeping? I have a hard time imagining companies caring much about competitive coding scores, and I’ve certainly never heard of layoffs being decided based on LeetCode performance.

Two decades learning from others, then close the gate. Can’t ding you for inconsistency though. Your contribution to this discussion is consistent with your new ethos. Good luck with your new approach to the world.

We can call it Coding Canutism.

Closed source will do squat unless you protect your binaries with some sort of secure enclave encryption scheme. AI can reverse engineer your binaries and deliver a copyright-laundered version in hours or days.

shortsighted and a bit late anyway

is this an excellent LARP bait or someone with these sincere views?

what?