Big-O Poster
Learning and science
algorithm reference poster
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.36.
Design: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Appreciated the amount of work and presentation
From 1 comment
Red/green myself, and personally a selection of one red and one green can work if both are bright enough. This one suffers from using a shades of both, and only both (AFAICT).…
mikestew on HN
Objections
Poster is of limited practical use since algorithms are rarely used day to day
From 2 comments
Knowing all these sorting algorithms can only be useful for someone just learning what an algorithm or what a complexity means. On day to day basis, they are not used. So if this…
cLeEOGPw on HNAll in all a poorly designed poster of something you needn't have memorized unless you're studying the algorithms specifically for an exam or something.
pc86 on HN
Two similar greens are hard to distinguish
From 2 comments
Quite hard to distinguish between the two greens. I didn't see that there were two until I found the legend.
wingerlang on HNRed/green myself, and personally a selection of one red and one green can work if both are bright enough. This one suffers from using a shades of both, and only both (AFAICT).…
mikestew on HN
Memorizing a poster is counterproductive compared to understanding data structures
From 1 comment
I'd argue that having a poster and memorizing it is actually counter productive. It's easier to know the data structure and think about how they work in the different situations.
martinni on HN
Requests
Use outlines or more distinct colors for colorblind readers
From 2 comments
Hey, I'm red green color blind and much of this is difficult to read, but could be otherwise nice. Try outlining instead of solid fill. And having 2 different color sets can help…
Terribledactyl on HNRed/green myself, and personally a selection of one red and one green can work if both are bright enough. This one suffers from using a shades of both, and only both (AFAICT).…
mikestew on HN
Improve style and background
From 1 comment
Knowing all these sorting algorithms can only be useful for someone just learning what an algorithm or what a complexity means. On day to day basis, they are not used. So if this…
cLeEOGPw on HN
Alternatives named
BigOCheatSheet web version by Eric Drowell, open source with color choice
From 1 comment
You can also try the website version of this. https://github.com/ericdrowell/BigOCheatSheet It's even open source, pick colors (or not) at will.
Terribledactyl on HN