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akeen

2 karma · joined November 3, 2025

Building YeetCode (yeetcode.xyz) — competitive programming duels and social practice for interview prep.

Interested in systems, AI, and real-time products. Currently studying physics at Stony Brook and spending most of my time building projects across full-stack, ML, and embedded systems.

Previously built a Discord bot used by 70k+ users and experimenting with ideas around "second memory" systems and developer tools.

Always happy to talk about startups, infrastructure, or anything at the intersection of software + real-world systems.

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akeen··on YeetCode – I built a platform for coding duels with friends
Hey HN! I’m a student at Stony Brook and built YeetCode with a friend to make coding interview prep more engaging.

We noticed that practicing LeetCode alone gets boring and inconsistent, so we wanted to add a competitive and social layer.

The core feature is real-time duels — two people solve the same problem and race to finish first. We also added groups and leaderboards to keep people accountable.

Tech stack: FastAPI, React, SQLite3.

Would love feedback on:

Whether this actually makes you practice more What features you’d want in something like this Any UX or flow issues you notice

App: https://yeetcode.xyz

Happy to answer any questions!