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I Performed an Autopsy on My LeetCode Streak (It Didn’t Die Peacefully)

My LeetCode streak didn’t “break.”
It died.

Not heroically.
Not after a hard problem.

It died on a random weekday because I got tired and lied to myself.

So I stopped tracking streaks like a motivational influencer
and started treating them like crime scenes.


Everyone Tracks Wins. Nobody Tracks Failure.

We love dashboards that say “X days strong”.
We don’t talk about how those streaks actually end.

When I analyzed my submissions, I noticed something uncomfortable:

  • My streaks don’t die randomly — they die on the same days
  • Most of them collapse between day 7–10 (fake discipline window)
  • My “longest streak” is a flex My average streak is the truth — and it’s embarrassing

Discipline wasn’t the problem.
Predictable burnout was.


So I Built a Streak Autopsy Tool

Instead of promising myself I’d “do better next time,”
I built something that performs a post-mortem.

You enter your LeetCode username.
It tells you:

  • how many streaks you’ve started
  • how many you’ve killed
  • how long they usually survive
  • the exact day you’re most likely to quit
  • and gives you a streak reality check instead of motivation porn

No quotes.
No fake encouragement.
Just data quietly judging you.


Why I Built This

Tracking wins was lying to me.
Losses don’t lie — they repeat.

If you know how your streak dies,
you can stop pretending it was an accident.

Repo:
👉 https://github.com/TROJANmocX/GrindGuard-2.0

Live demo:
👉 https://grindguard.vercel.app/


Final Thought

If your streak ever “mysteriously” vanished,
this will tell you why.
And if you don’t like the result good. Neither did I.

PLEASE TELL ME HOW CAN I IMPROVE IT AND WHAT PROBLEM ARE YOU ALL FACING.

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