I used to have this ridiculous routine whenever I got stuck on a LeetCode problem:
1. Copy the problem statement.
2. Paste it into ChatGPT.
3. Explain my half-written code.
4. Switch back and forth twenty times until something made sense.
By the end, I wasn’t even practicing the problem — I was just practicing tab-switching gymnastics.
If you’ve been there, you know how painful it is:
- Context gets lost. ChatGPT doesn’t know your exact code state unless you dump everything in.
- You waste time pasting inputs, outputs, error logs.
- Half the time, you get generic advice because the AI has no clue what problem you’re on.
It breaks focus. And in coding practice, focus is everything.
That’s why I started using LeetCopilot’s Chat Mode. Instead of juggling windows, the AI sits inside LeetCode, already aware of:
- The problem you’re on.
- The code you’ve written.
- The test cases you’ve run.
You don’t have to explain from scratch. You just ask: “Why is my code failing on edge cases?” and it knows what you mean.
It feels less like chatting with a stranger, more like pair programming with someone who already read your notes.
What really changed my workflow was how the chat could act, not just talk.
When I was unsure about an implementation, I didn’t need to copy my code somewhere else — I just asked, and it ran against tricky inputs right there. One time, I casually said “What if the array has duplicates?”, and it immediately generated cases I hadn’t even considered, exposing a hidden bug.
Another time, I was wrestling with a recursive tree traversal. Instead of paragraphs of theory, the AI pulled up a step-by-step execution trace that let me literally watch the function calls expand and collapse. Suddenly, recursion wasn’t a black box anymore.
And whenever I stumbled across a useful insight — like a neat sliding-window trick — I could just save it into my notes without breaking flow. Later, flipping through those notes felt like reading a personalized interview prep book written from my own struggles.
The difference isn’t just speed — it’s the mindset shift.
Instead of treating AI like an external search engine, I now treat it as a coding partner:
- Catching blind spots with unexpected test cases.
- Helping me see the algorithm instead of only imagining it.
- Building a record of mistakes and lessons so I don’t repeat them.
It keeps me in flow, which is exactly where learning sticks best.
LeetCode practice is already hard enough. The last thing you need is to waste energy explaining your situation to an AI that doesn’t remember.
With Chat Mode, Smart Context, and built-in tools that actually do the work, LeetCopilot finally makes AI feel like a true copilot — not just a Q&A bot.
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