S3:E8 - "BFS is your BFF"

Let's break down how breadth-first search (BFS) actually works! We'll walk through a real example, explain the Big O notation of this algorithm, and explore how you might decide whether to use breadth-first search or depth-first search. Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Breaking Down Breadth-First Search".

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Vaidehi Joshi (co-host)

Vaidehi is a writer and an engineer at Tilde, where she works on Skylight. She's the creator of basecs, a weekly writing series that explores the fundamentals of computer science.

Saron Yitbarek (co-host)

Saron is a developer, podcaster, founder of CodeNewbie, and host of the CodeNewbie Podcast.

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