*️⃣ "The things that make you strange are the things that make you powerful." - Ben Platt

Hello friends!

I hope you Americans had a good long weekend, and the rest of y'all had a great week overall! I got to hang out with family and friends, and it was so nice. Let's boogie.

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Web links of the week

Working with Pasted Content in JavaScript
Your bad LCP score might be a backend issue
How to Annul Promises in JavaScript
Tech Conference Talks: My Preparation Strategy

Something that interested me this week

This week was a catch-up week for me after a long string of conferences! I recorded a podcast, took some calls, and also blogged about the productivity apps I use and how you should approach job applications.

In unrelated activities, I finished the book Two Nights in Lisbon (which I bought in Lisbon last Fall)! It was good, I rated it 3 out of 5 stars because I liked the story and its twists, but I wasn't a huge fan of the writing style. It was entertaining though!

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you make a fruit stand! Awesome job Nicolas, Chase, Gu, Ricardo, Charles, Amine, Josh, Miguel, Ten, Ross, Muhammad, Theresa, Angelo, John, Krisztina, and Mazen!

This week's question:
Write a function that takes an array of integers representing the number of flowers planted in a line, and an integer k representing the number of additional flowers you want to plant. Return whether it's possible to plant all k flowers without planting any two flowers adjacent to each other.

Example:

> canPlantFlowers([1, 0, 0, 0, 1], 1)
> true // you can plant 1 flower between the others

> canPlantFlowers([1, 0, 0, 0, 1], 2)
> false

> canPlantFlowers([0, 0, 0, 0, 0], 3)
> true

> canPlantFlowers([1, 0, 1, 0, 1], 1)
> false

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Joke

What creature is smarter than a talking parrot?

A spelling bee.

That's all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and stretch your back!

Special thanks to IceSloth, Ezell, Sebastián, Ben, Kinetic Labs, and Faisal for supporting my Patreon and this newsletter!

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