LeetBloom

When I started practicing on LeetCode, I wanted a way to automatically save my accepted solutions to GitHub and keep track of my progress. That's when I discovered LeetHub v2, a browser extension designed to do exactly that.

However, I quickly noticed an inefficiency: LeetHub could generate four separate Git commits for a single solved problem. What should have been one clean commit was unnecessarily cluttering my repository history.

Rather than accepting the limitation, I saw an opportunity to learn something new. I had little experience with browser extension development, but I was curious about how the extension worked and whether I could improve it.

AI played a central role in making that possible.

I began using ChatGPT not simply to generate code, but as an interactive mentor and engineering partner. It helped me understand the extension's architecture, guided me through unfamiliar JavaScript concepts, explained browser APIs and asynchronous execution, and taught me how to investigate problems systematically.

Instead of treating AI-generated code as a black box, I used our conversations to understand why changes were necessary, evaluate different approaches, and learn from the bugs and unexpected behavior we encountered. AI-assisted development tools then helped turn those decisions into implementations that I could test and refine.

My initial objective was straightforward: one accepted solution, one meaningful Git commit. But solving that problem exposed deeper challenges involving submission verification, browser navigation, GitHub API interactions, security boundaries, and recovery from uncertain publication outcomes.

Over time, what began as a small optimization evolved into LeetBloom, a substantially customized extension with improved reliability, security, progress tracking, and user experience.

More importantly, the project changed how I approach technology. AI became more than a tool for producing code — it became a way to accelerate my learning, explore unfamiliar systems, and develop the confidence to improve software I use every day.

LeetBloom represents that philosophy: combining curiosity, engineering judgment, hands-on experimentation, and AI-assisted learning to turn an everyday frustration into a meaningful software project.