Crack That Weekly

Real Engineering Problems from Tech Companies

Master algorithms through actual business scenarios. Perfect for FAANG interview prep.

Why This Newsletter Exists

Most coding platforms give you abstract puzzles disconnected from reality. Here, every challenge comes from real production environments at companies like Google, Netflix, and Uber.

The difference? Instead of "find the maximum subarray," you get "design a system to detect CPU performance incidents in your monitoring infrastructure."

Same algorithmic thinking. Real business impact.

What You Get

Free Subscribers

• Weekly engineering challenges with full business context

• Problem requirements and technical constraints

• Strategic hints and solution approaches

Paid Subscribers ($15/month)

• Complete solutions with multiple implementation approaches

• Performance analysis and complexity breakdowns

• Production considerations and scaling strategies

• Python/Go code implementations

• Archive access to all previous challenges

Founding Members ($150/year)

• Everything above, plus direct access to Sharon for technical questions and career guidance

Perfect For

• Software Engineers preparing for technical interviews

• DevOps/SRE Engineers sharpening algorithmic skills

• System Designers who love production challenges

• Anyone seeking practical over theoretical problems

Why "Crack That"?

It's what engineers say when facing complex system challenges:
"Interesting bottleneck. Let me crack that."

Every distributed system can be optimized.
Every algorithm can be improved.
Every problem has an elegant solution.

Ready to crack your next challenge?