Vlad Balan

Vlad Balan

Engineer, builder and founder
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Reddit was great for quickly validating LeetTrivia. I went from 0 to 300 active users in one weekend. The first paying customer came after 5 days, also via Reddit. Long term, I use Linkedin, but it's a much slower process. Currently exploring Twitter and PH.
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Addictive game for interview prep - launching today on PH! 🎉

Hello hunters! 👋 LeetTrivia is a highly gamified learning tool for coding interviews. It differentiates itself by making interview prep fun and accessible, without sacrificing relevant content. It stands apart from LeetCode, HackerRank, etc., which demand substantial time or assume a pre-existing motivation to slog through problems. LeetTrivia instead hooks users with quick rewards and...

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Hey PH! 👋

I'm Vlad. I'm a software engineer and a builder just like you, interested in EduTech, Mental Health Tech and leveraging Gamification for self improvement. My latest project is LeetTrivia, a trivia game that I built with the goal to be better prepared for tech interviews. It ended up being super addictive so I'm sharing it with PH today (go check it out! 👉...

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We share an interest in brain development and Cloudflare Pages :) Congrats! 💜
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Making interview prep fun and accessible! Other tools demand substantial time or assume a pre-existing motivation to slog through problems. LeetTrivia instead hooks users with quick rewards and competitive spirit. This means it can attract a broader base of learners, including those who might shy away from pure algorithm grinding. Its focus on fun-first learning and high-frequency engagement gives it a potential edge in user retention, a metric where many edtech and prep platforms struggle.
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LeetTriviaAddictive game for passing tech interviews
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Hello PH friends! 👋 I built LeetTrivia as a means to prepare for tech interviews and exams more efficiently. Shorten TTJ (time to job), if you will. Launched one Friday afternoon on Reddit, it quickly gained traction and reached over 300 users in the first weekend. First paying customers were acquired within the first week. Profitable within two weeks. People use it to learn DSA (data...
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LeetTriviaAddictive game for passing tech interviews
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Why LeetTrivia is different

Coding prep platforms tend to cluster toward either deep, intensive practice (LeetCode, AlgoExpert, NeetCode) or gamified coding games (Codewars, CodeSignal), with a few bridging the gap (HackerRank, Brilliant). LeetTrivia carves out a unique space largely unoccupied by others: the extreme of short-session, highly gamified learning for coding interviews. It brings the trivia/quizzing format to...