DSAMotivator

Backtracking

Explore every branch, undo on failure — controlled brute force with pruning.

The idea

The full written guide for Backtrackingis on its way. The practice progression below is live — it's the same curated, ordered list our users work through inside the app.

Practice progression

In this order, on LeetCode. Each one adds a wrinkle the previous one didn't have.

  1. 1#78 SubsetsMedium
  2. 2#39 Combination SumMedium
  3. 3#46 PermutationsMedium
  4. 4#90 Subsets IIMedium
  5. 5#79 Word SearchMedium
  6. 6#131 Palindrome PartitioningMedium
  7. 7#40 Combination Sum IIMedium
  8. 8#51 N-QueensHard

Knowing the pattern is half the job. Showing up daily is the other half.

DSAMotivator tracks this exact progression — with streaks, XP, and a map that fills in as you go.

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