Thinking about getting good at competitive programming, especially on a platform like CodeChef? It can seem like ...

Competitive programming (CP) is a sport for the mind, where coders have to solve problems with efficient solutions on a ticking clock. It is a wonderful avenue for anyone to become a smarter coder ...

That's "real-life" programming. In competitive programming, you start out with the same resources (a pocket-knife), except you have 2 minutes to kill the lion.