CS Resources curated by sidcodes

Resources

YouTube Playlist: Basic Python Programming by Sentdex⭐ This is a great playlist for learning the basics of Python and Programming in general.
Udemy: Java - The Complete Java Developer Course⭐ This is an excellent course for learning and getting good at Java and Object Oriented Programming.
The Missing Semester Of Your CS Education Covers everything from Vim to debugging to Git. Essential for a complete CS education.

cses.fi⭐ The CSES problem set is highly curated and covers a wide range of topics, the problems can get quite tough so don't be discouraged!
The Competitive Programmer's Handbook⭐ This is a great book to get a crash course in the basics of data structures and algorithms, think of it as a companion piece for the above problemset.
USACO Guide I used this guide when I was tutoring people in Competitive Programming, it's an exceptional resource in learning competitive programming and will prepare you more than adequately for DSA interviews.
Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition by CLRS⭐ This is a mathematically rigorous textbook that covers data structures and algorithms in depth. Instead of reading it front to back, use it as reference material for when you need a deep understanding of a particular concept. Excellent problems. If you don't want to buy it, I'm sure you can find a pdf of it online.

YouTube Playlist: Machine Learning by Sentdex Think of this as a sequel to the basic Python programming playlist. Great intro to Machine Learning.
Fast.ai Course⭐ I followed an older version of this course to learn the basics of deep learning for the first time, all you really need to know is Python, it's great!!!
Seeing Theory Fun way of gaining intuition for probability and statistics concepts, very important to know to have intuition for ML.
MIT OCW: Linear Algebra Excellent online course for learning Linear Algebra, if you don't know Linear Algebra, you're kinda cooked, so take the course.

YouTube Playlist: Neural Networks from Scratch by Andrej Karpathy⭐ The GOAT teaching you about Neural Networks. From the basics to a version of GPT. If you truly study this, you'll have context for a lot of the discussions surrounding LLMs. Please learn your basic lin alg + calculus + programming before going through this though.
Ilya 30u30 Papers⭐ A list of 30 papers that Ilya Sutskever, one of the founders of OpenAI, has read and recommends. The seminal deep learning papers are all here.

The Odin Project I learned web dev via random projects and online tutorials, but this lays out a roadmap and teaches you the essentials in a very structured manner. Still make sure to build projects in your own time.
Also just learn React and Next. Everyone uses it, whatever your personal opinions may be, it's good to know. Once you know React, React Native for mobile is pretty easy to pick up.

Designing Data Intensive Applications⭐ I feel like I learned a good bit about System Design reading this, also people much more experienced than me recommend it.
Database Internals⭐ I learned a lot about Databases reading this book and it's been quite helpful at my day job.

Teach Yourself CS This is the inspiration for this page, and contains several more resources for a bunch of different topics traditionally covered in a CS degree, go check it out.
Crafting Interpreters⭐ A book that teaches you how to build your own programming language. Fun and educational.
Operating Systems: Three Easy PiecesA great book for learning about how operating systems work.