ANKIT PANDIT
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LeetSeek / LeetPulse

A WebExtension and companion tool built for competitive programmers to find, inspect, and track specific users and peers on LeetCode without requiring a follow relationship.

The Problem

Competitive programming is an inherently social and motivating endeavor. During weekly and bi-weekly LeetCode contests, participants naturally want to compare progress, inspect submission standings, and benchmark themselves against friends and study groups.

However, the native LeetCode interface makes discovering and tracking specific users cumbersome. Unless you maintain an explicit follow relationship—or spend valuable contest minutes paginating through global leaderboard tables containing tens of thousands of contestants—locating a friend's active standing is unnecessarily slow.

What LeetSeek Does

LeetSeek (supported by the LeetPulse web application) was built to solve this exact friction:

  • Instant User Discovery: Quickly search for any handle and inspect profile metrics without needing a bi-directional follow relationship.
  • Contest Friend Tracking: Rapidly locate and compare standings during live contests, streamlining friendly peer competition.
  • Zero-Overhead Interface: Sits unobtrusively in the browser as a lightweight popup and overlay, ensuring zero distraction while solving problems.
  • Privacy-Respecting Architecture: Built using client-side WebExtension APIs without requiring invasive user account logins.

Technical Architecture & Implementation

LeetSeek was engineered using modern web extension standards:

  • Manifest V3 Compliance: Utilizes Chrome's modern Manifest V3 architecture with background service workers, content scripts, and optimized permissions.
  • Client-Side UI: Built with JavaScript, React, and Vite for fast state rendering and responsive modal views.
  • Companion Guide Website: Launched LeetPulse (Live Web App) to serve as the user guide and companion platform.

Ankit's Role

Ankit Pandit is the creator and primary builder of LeetSeek and LeetPulse. He identified the user need from active competitive programming participation, designed the extension UX, wrote the extension code, and deployed the companion documentation platform.

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