A journey through code optimization (and highschool math)
Introduction At the time of writing this, I’m a highschool student. With the way our school system is laid out, I end up doing a lot of math - more so than computer science - and lately I’ve been very passionate about it. Anyways, our story begins on the 5th of February, 2023. I was working on a Discord bot for ChatSift, responsible for some sort of leveling system - users would gain XP for sending messages, and crossing certain thresholds would cause you to level up....