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This is accurate. Maybe it's silly but it really does change the way I feel about the problems. Doing leetcode makes me think "Here I go again, grinding for corporate approval, getting ready to see everyone else's answers that are 10x better than mine and let the imposter syndrome set in" while AoC is more like "I'm so excited to see this year's problems and compare my answers to everyone on Reddit. What day will I make it to this year? What kinds of twists and turns do they have in store?" So for me it feels like AoC is more a community of excited hobbyists learning programming and trying new tech while leetcode is full of corporate bullshit trying to make me feel bad about myself, and part of that is definitely from the UI.