Day 7: Trading Leetcode for ML

Small Wins

Woke up at 11 AM instead of my usual 12. An hour earlier. Yeah I'm counting that as progress because when you're trying to fix your sleep schedule, you take what you can get.

The Leetcode Dilemma

Did a revision problem on leetcode today but I'm seriously considering dropping it for a bit. Here's the thing - I'm so behind on my ML schedule and I can't do everything perfectly. Something has to give.

Leetcode is important for interviews and problem-solving skills, sure. But right now ML is where I need to focus. Sometimes you gotta make strategic decisions about what to sacrifice temporarily. Maybe I'll come back to it, maybe the streak breaks. We'll see.

Logistic Regression and Documentation

Got into logistic regression today. Read through examples on the scikit learn documentation. I'm trying to actually understand what's happening under the hood instead of just copying code and hoping it works.

That's the trap with ML - it's easy to import a model, fit it to data, and call it done. But if you don't understand what logistic regression is actually doing, how it differs from linear regression, when to use it - you're just a code monkey, not someone who actually knows ML.

Thinking about checking out the California housing dataset question tomorrow. Or maybe not. Depends on how much I can catch up.

LinkedIn Posting Now?

Posted something on LinkedIn today: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/somay-kousis-630ab1313_smartindiahackathon-sih2025-teamwork-activity-7405310023767154689-p_iN?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAE-37UQBKy4jUXKIZLL50F1J2QdJ5Y6WyPU

Didn't think I'd become the type to post on LinkedIn but here we are. Building in public means actually being public about it, even on the corporate social network.

Arms and Dreading Leg Day

Trained arms today at the gym. Tomorrow is leg day and I'm already not looking forward to it. Leg days are always brutal but that's part of the deal. You can't just train the muscles you like and ignore the ones you don't.

Same principle applies to learning actually. Can't just do the fun parts and skip the fundamentals that feel boring.

Behind But Moving

Day 7 done. Behind schedule, making tough choices about priorities, still showing up.

Not every day is gonna be perfect. Sometimes you're just trying to minimize damage and keep momentum going.