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Programming · by Niamh Byrne · 2026-10-27

Start doing graph theory

vertex.degree

Nice interactive intro to graph theory. Feels like half of real-world backend problems (dependencies, routing, permissions) are graph problems in disguise. What's the most useful graph algorithm you've actually used at work?

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Mateo Cruz · 5 likes

union find for dedup of customer records saved our team weeks

Elif Yılmaz · 7 likes

union find is so underrated, its like 20 lines of code

Noé Petit · 1 likes

topological sort, every single build system and migration runner I've touched