Next time you feel the ground shifting beneath your recursive function, remember: Quicksand kills only those who struggle. The solution is often not to jump higher, but to lie flat—and realize the answer is just a sort and a two-pointer scan.
Deep down, the programmer knows the problem might be solvable by a simple sort and a linear scan. But Greedy feels "risky" or "unproven." DP feels mathematical and safe. dp overload sand
Don't sink. Just iterate.
