helina.commit

The journey.

1. Feb – Mar 2026

   First commits

   The channel opens with "first commit." and quickly settles into a numbered LeetCode log, from #1 Merge Strings Alternately in February to #28 by the end of March. A mid-March post explains the plan: work through the LeetCode and Codeforces problems A2SV shares and track progress here.

   Sources#3#12#94#136
2. Mar – Apr 2026

   Hackathon days

   An International Women's Day event at ALX Ethiopia comes with a hackathon and an AI and machine learning workshop. A month later comes a hospitality-themed hackathon, joined on a last-minute decision, where the team worked on something for investors, resorts and hotel owners and submitted at the last minute.

   Sources#49#153
3. Jul 2026

   QA mode

   July brings tester humor, like the plea to just fix the bug already reported, plus a practical note that test code pays off for repetitive test cases, not one-off tests. It also passes along opportunities, like AWS sponsoring selected students and early-career builders to attend re:Invent for free.

   Sources#306#307#308#310
4. Sep – Oct 2026

   The opportunity board

   From September the feed doubles as an opportunity board: the Ethiopian CyberShield 2026 CTF, a Google internship in London, Amazon internships and a free Git course with a certificate. In between, there is a joke about spending an afternoon adding bugs to a project.

   Sources#403#413#425#432

Start here.

1. 01

   The first commit, back when the channel was not sure what it would become.

   first commit. not sure what this will become, but here we are.👩‍🦯✨

   Feb 9, 2026395 views
2. 02

   The context behind the LeetCode posts: working through the problems A2SV shares.

   A little context for the problems I’ve been posting: I didn’t get into A2SV, but I still wanted to learn through their approach, so I’ve been solving the LeetCo...

   Mar 18, 2026179 views
3. 03

   A lively recap of a last-minute hospitality hackathon.

   Yesterday’s hackathon was honestly amazing — I’m really glad I went. It was a last-minute decision, and I didn’t expect much, but once I got there, the energy w...

   Apr 5, 2026320 views
4. 04

   A practical note on when writing test code is worth the time.

   wouldn't suggest it for one-off tests, though. It's most useful when you have repetitive test cases you'll run over and over, since writing the test code takes...

   Jul 7, 2026255 views
5. 05

   Amazon internship links, shared as internship season comes around.

   Since internship season is coming Amazon internships: https://amazon.jobs/jobs/10555873

   Oct 10, 2026241 views

In their own words.

Fresh from the channel.