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Suggest trendy recipes for a quick weeknight dinner

Here are trendy, weeknight-friendly dinner ideas that are big right now and still fast
(most ~20–30 minutes):

🌮 Global-Inspired & Viral Favorites

Gochujang Honey Chicken Bowls
Sweet-spicy chicken, rice, cucumbers, and a drizzle of mayo or yogurt sauce.
Birria-Style Skillet Tacos (shortcut version)
Shredded rotisserie chicken simmered with chili paste and spices, pan-fried in
tortillas.
Creamy Tuscan Gnocchi
Shelf-stable gnocchi, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, garlic, and cream or coconut milk.
Chili Crisp Noodles
Noodles tossed with chili crisp, soy sauce, butter, and a jammy egg.

🥗 High-Protein, Feel-Good Meals

Salmon Rice Bowl (TikTok-style)
Flaked salmon, rice, avocado, cucumber, soy sauce, and spicy mayo.
Cottage Cheese Alfredo Pasta
Blended cottage cheese + garlic + Parmesan = high-protein creamy sauce.
Turkey Smash Burgers
Thin patties cooked hot and fast, served on buns or lettuce wraps.

🧀 Comfort Food, Updated

Baked Feta Pasta (still going strong)
Add roasted cherry tomatoes, spinach, and chili flakes.
Cheeseburger Quesadillas
Ground beef, cheddar, pickles, and burger sauce inside crispy tortillas.
French Onion Chicken Skillet
Caramelized onions, seared chicken, melted Gruyère.

🥦 Plant-Forward & Flexitarian

Crispy Tofu Lettuce Wraps
Air-fried or pan-seared tofu with hoisin or peanut sauce.

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Harissa Chickpea Flatbreads

Store-bought naan, spicy chickpeas, yogurt drizzle, herbs.
Miso-Glazed Mushrooms over Rice
Savory, umami-packed, and super quick.

⏱️ Ultra-Fast (15–20 min)

Pesto Tortellini with Burrata
Shrimp Stir-Fry with Ginger & Garlic
Rotisserie Chicken Wraps with Green Goddess Sauce

If you want, I can:

tailor this to vegetarian / high-protein / kid-friendly

give 5-ingredient versions
or build a one-week trendy meal plan + grocery list 🛒

how do I change the minimize close icons location to

right like mac in my linux mint
I am using compize..
linux mint with mate interface

On Linux Mint MATE (even when using Compiz), the window button position is still
controlled by Marco, the window decorator. You can move the minimize / maximize /
close buttons to the right (macOS-style) very easily.

✅ Method 1: Terminal (fastest & recommended)

Open a terminal and run:

bash

gsettings set [Link] button-layout ':minimize,maximize,clo

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What this means

Left of : → buttons on the left (empty here)
Right of : → buttons on the right
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Order is exactly how they appear

Mac-like order (right side):

arduino

minimize | maximize | close

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🔄 To revert to default (Linux-style left buttons)

bash

gsettings reset [Link] button-layout

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✅ Method 2: GUI (no terminal)

1. Open Control Center
2. Go to Windows
3. Under Titlebar Buttons, choose:
Right
4. Apply and close

This works even if Compiz is enabled because Marco still draws the titlebar.

🧠 If you’re using Compiz Window Decoration plugin

Just make sure:
CompizConfig Settings Manager
→ Window Decoration
→ Command is:

bash

/usr/bin/marco --replace
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(That’s the default on Mint MATE.)

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If you want it to look more mac-like:

Use Themes → Mint-Y-Dark / Mint-Y-Mac

Or install McMojave / Mojave-CT themes

If you want:
macOS-style left buttons instead
or a custom order
or help switching from Marco to another decorator

just tell me 👍

i := start
for ;i < len(inorder); i++ {
if inorder[i] == root {
break
}
}

will this work in golang ?

Yes — this code is 100% valid Go (Golang) ✅

…and it behaves exactly how you expect.

Your snippet:

go

i := start
for ; i < len(inorder); i++ {
if inorder[i] == root {
break

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}
}

Why it works
Go allows a for loop in this form:

go

for init; condition; post {

}
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but the init part is optional.

Since you already initialized i := start before the loop, you can leave the init
section empty:

go

for ; condition; post { }

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That’s exactly what you did.

Equivalent forms
Your code is equivalent to either of these:

go

for i = start; i < len(inorder); i++ { ... }

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or

go

for i < len(inorder) {

...
i++
}
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But your version is the cleanest and idiomatic when i is initialized earlier.

One thing to watch out for

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If root is not found, the loop ends with:

go

i == len(inorder)
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So if you later use inorder[i] , you must guard it:

go

if i == len(inorder) {
// root not found
}
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Performance tip (important for trees)

Since this looks like a binary tree from inorder traversal, this loop is O(n) each time.
In recursive tree construction this becomes O(n²).

The optimized Go approach is:

go

index := make(map[int]int)
for i, v := range inorder {
index[v] = i
}
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Then instead of looping:

go

i := index[root]
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which makes the whole algorithm O(n) 🚀

If you're building a tree from inorder + preorder or postorder , tell me — I can show
you the fully optimized Go solution.

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/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* type TreeNode struct {
* Val int
* Left *TreeNode
* Right *TreeNode
*}
*/
func buildTree(preorder []int, inorder []int) *TreeNode {
return helper(preorder, inorder, 0, 0, len(preorder) - 1)
}

func helper(preorder []int, inorder []int, ind int, start int,

end int) *TreeNode {
if start > end {
return nil
}

var root *TreeNode;

[Link] = preorder[ind]
i := start
for ;i < len(inorder); i++ {
if inorder[i] == [Link] {
break
}
}

[Link] = helper(preorder, inorder, ind + 1, start, i-1)

[Link] = helper(preorder, inorder, ind + 1, i+1, end)

return root

Your logic idea is correct, but this Go code will panic and also build the wrong tree.
Let’s fix it cleanly and make it fast enough for LeetCode.

❌ Problems in your code

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root is nil → panic

go

var root *TreeNode

[Link] = preorder[ind] // 💥 nil pointer dereference
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You must allocate it:

go

root := &TreeNode{Val: preorder[ind]}

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2️⃣ Wrong preorder index for right subtree

You used:

go

[Link] = helper(preorder, inorder, ind + 1, start, i-1)

[Link] = helper(preorder, inorder, ind + 1, i+1, end)
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This is wrong ❌
The right subtree root is NOT ind+1 .

It must skip all nodes used by the left subtree.

Left subtree size:

ini

leftSize = i - start
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So:

ini

rightRootIndex = ind + 1 + leftSize

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3️⃣ Your inorder search is O(n²)

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You search inorder every recursion. This TLEs on LeetCode.

We must precompute indices.

✅ Correct & Optimized Go Solution

This is the LeetCode-accepted solution:

go

func buildTree(preorder []int, inorder []int) *TreeNode {

index := make(map[int]int)
for i, v := range inorder {
index[v] = i
}
return helper(preorder, 0, 0, len(inorder)-1, index)
}

func helper(preorder []int, preStart int, inStart int, inEnd int, index map
if inStart > inEnd {
return nil
}

rootVal := preorder[preStart]
root := &TreeNode{Val: rootVal}

mid := index[rootVal]
leftSize := mid - inStart

[Link] = helper(preorder, preStart+1, inStart, mid-1, index)

[Link] = helper(preorder, preStart+1+leftSize, mid+1, inEnd, index

return root
}
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🧠 Why this works

Preorder:

sql

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root | left subtree | right subtree

Inorder:

sql

left subtree | root | right subtree

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So:

preStart = root index

mid splits inorder

leftSize tells us how many nodes belong to left subtree

right subtree root = preStart + 1 + leftSize

⏱️ Complexity
Time: O(n)
Space: O(n) (hashmap + recursion)

This is exactly what interviewers and LeetCode expect.

If you want, I can also show:

the iterative stack version
or the postorder + inorder version
or help you visualize it step by step

make changes in my code without optimizing it.. that I

will do later

Got it — we’ll only fix correctness, not optimize yet 👍

Here is your code, corrected with minimal changes.

✅ Fixed version of your code

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go

func buildTree(preorder []int, inorder []int) *TreeNode {

return helper(preorder, inorder, 0, 0, len(inorder)-1)
}

func helper(preorder []int, inorder []int, ind int, start int, end int) *Tr
if start > end {
return nil
}

// FIX 1: allocate the node

root := &TreeNode{Val: preorder[ind]}

// find root in inorder

i := start
for ; i <= end; i++ {
if inorder[i] == [Link] {
break
}
}

// number of nodes in left subtree

leftSize := i - start

// FIX 2: correct preorder indices

[Link] = helper(preorder, inorder, ind+1, start, i-1)
[Link] = helper(preorder, inorder, ind+1+leftSize, i+1, end)

return root
}
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🔧 What was fixed

1️⃣ root was nil

You had:

go

[Link]
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var root *TreeNode

[Link] = ...

That crashes.

Fixed to:

go

root := &TreeNode{Val: preorder[ind]}

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2️⃣ Right subtree root index was wrong

You had:

go

[Link] = helper(preorder, inorder, ind+1, i+1, end)

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That reuses the left subtree’s root ❌

Fixed to:

go

[Link] = helper(preorder, inorder, ind+1+leftSize, i+1, end)

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3️⃣ Search limited to current inorder slice

Changed:

go

for ; i < len(inorder); i++

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to

go

for ; i <= end; i++

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This prevents scanning irrelevant parts of inorder.

Your recursion logic is now correct and working.

When you're ready, we can optimize it to O(n) 🚀

or can we pass pointer of the idx/ind variable

Yes — you absolutely can pass ind by pointer, and it actually makes the code cleaner
for preorder traversal 👍
This avoids all the tricky index arithmetic you were just fighting with.

Here is your same approach, rewritten using an *int preorder pointer, no

optimization, no hashmap, just correctness.

✅ Your code using preorder index pointer

go

func buildTree(preorder []int, inorder []int) *TreeNode {

ind := 0
return helper(preorder, inorder, &ind, 0, len(inorder)-1)
}

func helper(preorder []int, inorder []int, ind *int, start int, end int) *T
if start > end {
return nil
}

// create root from current preorder index

root := &TreeNode{Val: preorder[*ind]}
*ind++ // move preorder pointer

// find root in inorder

i := start
for ; i <= end; i++ {

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if inorder[i] == [Link] {
break
}
}

// build left subtree

[Link] = helper(preorder, inorder, ind, start, i-1)

// build right subtree

[Link] = helper(preorder, inorder, ind, i+1, end)

return root
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}

🧠 Why this works

Preorder always goes:

css

root → left subtree → right subtree

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So you just:
1. Take the next preorder value as root
2. Build left subtree (it consumes preorder values)
3. Then build right subtree (continues where left stopped)

This is exactly how the recursion should flow — no index math needed.

⚠️ Important Go syntax fix

You must write:

go

(*ind)++
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NOT

go

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*ind++

So the correct line is:

go

(*ind)++
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🎯 This version is:

Easier to reason about
Harder to mess up
Same time complexity as your original (O(n²))
Very popular in interviews

If you want, next we can optimize it with a hashmap and make it O(n) 🚀

now when we passed the idx as pointer it worked,, but

was not working earlier
why ?

This is a great question — and understanding this means you’ve basically mastered how
preorder tree building really works 👌
Let’s break it down simply.

🧠 What preorder recursion really needs

Preorder traversal is:

css

root → left subtree → right subtree

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That means:

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Every recursive call must consume preorder elements in sequence — globally.

There is one moving pointer through the preorder array.

❌ What went wrong in your original code

You used:

go

helper(preorder, inorder, ind+1, ...)

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Each recursive call got its own copy of ind .

So the recursion tree looked like this:

scss

root(0)
├── left(1)
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Both left and right subtrees started from ind+1 ,

but preorder requires:

scss

root(0)
├── left(1 ... k)
└── right(k+1 ...)
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You tried to fix this with:

go

ind + 1 + leftSize
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but that depends on perfect math and is very easy to break.

✅ Why pointer version works

Now you did:
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go

ind := 0
helper(..., &ind, ...)
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Now all recursive calls share the same ind .

So execution becomes:

sql

ind = 0 → root
ind = 1 → left root
ind = 2 → left-left
...
when left finishes, ind is now correct for right
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The left subtree automatically advances the preorder index.

The right subtree just continues.

This perfectly matches preorder traversal.

🧠 Think of it like a file cursor

ind is like a file pointer:

Without pointer:

every function gets its own copy → everyone starts reading from page 2 ❌
With pointer:

everyone shares the same cursor → reading happens in correct order ✅

🎯 Summary
Approach Why it failed / worked

ind+1 passing Each recursion had its own index → preorder sequence breaks
❌

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Approach Why it failed / worked

*int pointer One global moving index → preorder stays correct ✅

You accidentally discovered the cleanest recursive pattern for tree construction — this
is how it's done in serious interviews 👏

final

/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* type TreeNode struct {
* Val int
* Left *TreeNode
* Right *TreeNode
*}
*/
func buildTree(preorder []int, inorder []int) *TreeNode {
idx := 0
inOrderMap := make(map[int]int)
for i := 0; i < len(inorder); i++ {
inOrderMap[inorder[i]] = i
}
return helper(preorder, inOrderMap, &idx, 0,
len(preorder) - 1)
}

func helper(preorder []int, inOrderMap map[int]int, idx

*int, start int, end int) *TreeNode {
if start > end {
return nil
}

root := &TreeNode{Val: preorder[*idx]}

i := inOrderMap[[Link]]
*idx++
[Link] = helper(preorder, inOrderMap, idx, start, i-1)

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[Link] = helper(preorder, inOrderMap, idx, i+1,

end)

return root

Nice — this is the canonical, optimal solution 👌

Just one tiny Go syntax bug to fix, otherwise your logic is perfect.

❌ Bug
This line is wrong in Go:

go

*idx++
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Go parses it as:

go

*(idx++)
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which is illegal — you can’t increment a pointer.

✅ Correct version
You must write:

go

(*idx)++
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🧩 Final corrected code

go

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func buildTree(preorder []int, inorder []int) *TreeNode {

idx := 0

inOrderMap := make(map[int]int)
for i := 0; i < len(inorder); i++ {
inOrderMap[inorder[i]] = i
}

return helper(preorder, inOrderMap, &idx, 0, len(inorder)-1)

}

func helper(preorder []int, inOrderMap map[int]int, idx *int, start int, en

if start > end {
return nil
}

root := &TreeNode{Val: preorder[*idx]}

mid := inOrderMap[[Link]]

(*idx)++ // advance preorder pointer

[Link] = helper(preorder, inOrderMap, idx, start, mid-1)

[Link] = helper(preorder, inOrderMap, idx, mid+1, end)

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🎯 What you now have

Correct preorder consumption
O(n) time complexity
O(n) space
LeetCode-approved
Interview-grade solution

You started with a broken recursive tree and ended with a textbook optimal solution
— well done 👏

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lets dry run for

Input: preorder = [3,9,20,15,7], inorder = [9,3,15,20,7]
Output: [3,9,20,null,null,15,7]

Perfect test case — let’s dry-run your exact code step-by-step so you can see why the
pointer method works.

Input

ini

preorder = [3, 9, 20, 15, 7]

inorder = [9, 3, 15, 20, 7]
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Inorder index map:

9→0, 3→1, 15→2, 20→3, 7→4

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We call:

arduino

idx = 0
helper(preorder, map, &idx, 0, 4)
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🧩 Step-by-step
Call 1: build root

makefile

idx = 0
root = preorder[0] = 3
mid = inorder[3] = 1
idx++ → idx = 1
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Split inorder:
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ini

Left = [9] (0..0)

Right = [15,20,7] (2..4)
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markdown

3
/ \
? ?
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Call 2: build LEFT of 3 (0..0)

makefile

idx = 1
root = preorder[1] = 9
mid = inorder[9] = 0
idx++ → idx = 2
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Left: empty
Right: empty

markdown

3
/ \
9 ?
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So 9 is a leaf.

Call 3: build RIGHT of 3 (2..4)

makefile

idx = 2
root = preorder[2] = 20
mid = inorder[20] = 3
idx++ → idx = 3
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Split inorder:

ini

Left = [15] (2..2)

Right = [7] (4..4)
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markdown

3
/ \
9 20
/ \
? ?
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Call 4: build LEFT of 20 (2..2)

makefile

idx = 3
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root = preorder[3] = 15
mid = inorder[15] = 2
idx++ → idx = 4
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Leaf node.

markdown

3
/ \
9 20
/
15
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Call 5: build RIGHT of 20 (4..4)

makefile

idx = 4
root = preorder[4] = 7

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mid = inorder[7] = 4
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idx++ → idx = 5

Leaf node.

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/ \
9 20
/ \
15 7

✅ Final Tree
Level order (LeetCode format):

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[3, 9, 20, null, null, 15, 7]

Matches expected output ✔

🔥 Why pointer idx is magical

Notice:
We never calculated where the right subtree starts.
Left subtree recursion automatically advanced idx .
When left finishes, idx is already pointing to the correct right root.

This is exactly how preorder traversal flows.

You now understand this algorithm better than most interviewees 😄

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