[krosaen]

I find this post interesting independent of the question of whether leetcode problems are a good tool for interviews. It's: here are some kinds or problems constraint solvers are useful for. I can imagine a similar post about non-linear least squared solvers like ceres.

[smj-edison]

Yeah, especially for learning how to use a solver!

> Most constraint solving examples online are puzzles, like Sudoku or "SEND + MORE = MONEY". Solving leetcode problems would be a more interesting demonstration.

He's exactly right about what tutorials are out there for constraint programming (I've messed around with it before, and it was pretty much Sudoku). Having a large body of existing problems to practice against is great.