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Re:Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using... by bikezen on Monday February 03, 2025 @12:42AM (#42915329)
> "You're tasked with parsing a log file to return the IP addresses that appear at least 10 times, how would you approach this?"

Out of curiosity, did anyone just reply with `awk ... | sort | count ... | awk`? Its certainly what I would do rather than writing out an actual script.

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Re:Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using... by twoparachute45 on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:54PM (#42927156)
Nobody has yet, but if they did I'd probably be ecstatic! We specifically tell candidates they can use any language they want. A combination of awk/sort/sed/count/etc is just as effective as a Python script!
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