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I've always found algorithms easier to understand once I can see them move. Pseudocode and textbook diagrams are fine, but for a lot of things — how a sort actually rearranges elements, why Dijkstra picks the path it does — a static picture only gets me so far. I usually end up tracing through it by hand on paper. So I made a small thing to do that tracing for me: bigoh.dev. It's free, open, and meant for learning. Sharing it here in case it's useful to anyone else who thinks the same way. Wh...

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