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		johnisgood 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A simple search engine from scratch I do not think "hacked" is a good comparison, does not "to grok [smth]" mean "to understand [smth]"?

plumeria 5 months ago [–]

Yes, it means to understand. First book from Manning that uses this verb is from 2016 [1]

[1] https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-algorithms

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