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Hey friends!

I hope you had a good week! Mine was a social and productive one (which I haven’t had in a while since having a baby), which was exciting!

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Web links of the week

Processing Arrays non-destructively
Stop Rewriting Your CSS! Use :not() Instead
useHooks
Hacking my “smart” toothbrush

Something that interested me this week

This was week 6 after giving birth and I am finally starting to feel a bit more like myself, which feels like a big milestone! I built a LEGO set (the Robie House, I’ve had it for ages and finally got it done!), cleaned more than I have in a while, and walked outdoors more than I have in a couple months now. These might sound like small things, but whew, they’re huge to me. Perhaps this next week I might even… code??

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you check on words that can be typed in one row on a keyboard. Awesome job Miguel, Fraol, Muhammad, Ten, Yuanchuan, Laurynas, Kyle, Mazen, Debabrata, Will, Danielle, Amine, Austin, Carine, Ángel, and Churchill!

This week’s question:
Given an array of people objects (where each person has a name and a number of pie pieces they’re hungry for) and a number for the number of pieces that the pie can be cut into, return the number of pies you need to buy.

Example:

> arr = [{ name: Joe, num: 9 }, { name: Cami, num: 3 }, { name: Cassidy, num: 4 }]
> mmmPie(arr, 8)
> 2 // 16 pieces needed, pies can be cut into 8 pieces, so 2 pies should be bought

Cool things from around the internet

The Analog City and the Digital City
Notes apps are where ideas go to die. And that’s good.
Libra Mini Keyboard
Intelligent brains take longer to solve difficult problems

Joke

I just love elevator jokes. They’re so uplifting!

That’s all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and clean your bathroom!

Special thanks to Gabor, IceSloth, Josh, Conor, Ezell, Ximena, Sebastián, Ben, Sema, Kinetic Labs, Vadim, Bailey, and Carmina for supporting my Patreon and this newsletter!

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