Hi everyone, I’m William Forty, a software engineer with around two decades experience working in and around London, in the UK. In my various leadership roles I have enjoyed mentoring, which now includes a presence as TheRandomCoder on YouTube! I am particularly passionate about pure problem solving, conquering the most mind-bending challenges, and engaging in crazy and way-outside-of-the-box thinking. You'll see me sharing my unique approaches to solving codewars and leetcode challenges, tips, tricks, tutorials, and much much more. Be sure to subscribe for regular software engineering videos!

Agentic AI With Root Access? My Security Setup for Claude Code
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Agentic AI With Root Access? My Security Setup for Claude Code
AI Stole My Coding Job… Or Did It? 🤔
7:57
AI Stole My Coding Job… Or Did It? 🤔
Building RegexWars: CodeWars for Regex — Live Setup with AI, Clerk.js & Next.js
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Building RegexWars: CodeWars for Regex — Live Setup with AI, Clerk.js & Next.js
Unveiling the Birthday Paradox: Codewars Challenge Hacked with One-Line Recursion!
8:43
Unveiling the Birthday Paradox: Codewars Challenge Hacked with One-Line Recursion!
Math + Code = Art: A Miraculous Centrifuge One-Liner
22:47
Math + Code = Art: A Miraculous Centrifuge One-Liner
One-Line Solution with Regex for the Greed Dice Game Challenge in Node.js! | CodeWars Tutorial
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One-Line Solution with Regex for the Greed Dice Game Challenge in Node.js! | CodeWars Tutorial
Green Glass Door Challenge: Solve the Riddle and Code the Solution!
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Green Glass Door Challenge: Solve the Riddle and Code the Solution!
CodeWars Challenge: How Fast Will This Rope Burn?!
10:07
CodeWars Challenge: How Fast Will This Rope Burn?!
Writing a song with ChatGPT - Seize the Day
13:22
Writing a song with ChatGPT - Seize the Day
Unlocking the Shortest Knight Path: A Mathematical Journey vs. Breadth First Search
44:03
Unlocking the Shortest Knight Path: A Mathematical Journey vs. Breadth First Search
Possible Rook Moves - An innovative regex-based approach to solving this Codewars Kata
25:50
Possible Rook Moves - An innovative regex-based approach to solving this Codewars Kata
Block Letter Printer - Encoding a Block of Data in Ascii, Compressing the Codewars Solution
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Block Letter Printer - Encoding a Block of Data in Ascii, Compressing the Codewars Solution
Vectors to the King (Extra) - Calculating if the King is in Check, Codewars Solution, Part 4
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Vectors to the King (Extra) - Calculating if the King is in Check, Codewars Solution, Part 4
Vectors to the King - Mathematically Calculating if the King is in Check, Codewars Solution, Part 3
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Vectors to the King - Mathematically Calculating if the King is in Check, Codewars Solution, Part 3
Part 2: Evil Regex Hacking in Codewars - An Outrageous Solution to Find if a King is in Check
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Part 2: Evil Regex Hacking in Codewars - An Outrageous Solution to Find if a King is in Check
Codewars Sudoku Solver Kata - Solving Sudoku with Javascript
21:00
Codewars Sudoku Solver Kata - Solving Sudoku with Javascript
A Controversial Codewars Exploit to Solve Any Kata Instantly: Unleashing the Node.js Wizardry
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A Controversial Codewars Exploit to Solve Any Kata Instantly: Unleashing the Node.js Wizardry
Trolling with Outrageous Short One Liners - Codewars Valid Chess Moves
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Trolling with Outrageous Short One Liners - Codewars Valid Chess Moves
More Evil Regex in Codewars - Outrageous Connect Four Solution
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More Evil Regex in Codewars - Outrageous Connect Four Solution
Evil Regex Hacking in Codewars - An Outrageous Solution to Find if a King is in Check #regex #chess
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Evil Regex Hacking in Codewars - An Outrageous Solution to Find if a King is in Check #regex #chess
CodeWars Regex Tic Tac Toe Win Checker
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CodeWars Regex Tic Tac Toe Win Checker
Mastering Regular Expressions: Solving the validDate Regex CodeWars Challenge
12:54
Mastering Regular Expressions: Solving the validDate Regex CodeWars Challenge
Harder Than Expected! Conquer the Challenging CodeWars Circle Intersection Puzzle in JavaScript
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Harder Than Expected! Conquer the Challenging CodeWars Circle Intersection Puzzle in JavaScript
Codewars Testing 1-2-3
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Codewars Testing 1-2-3
Rare Mathematical solution to the most popular CodeWars challenge, the Multiples of 3 or 5 problem
18:58
Rare Mathematical solution to the most popular CodeWars challenge, the Multiples of 3 or 5 problem
Pathfinding with A * (star) Search Algorithm
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Pathfinding with A * (star) Search Algorithm
Using Reduce in JavaScript, CodeWars - Number of People in the Bus
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Using Reduce in JavaScript, CodeWars - Number of People in the Bus
The Jester, poem written and spoken by William Forty (Parody of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe)
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The Jester, poem written and spoken by William Forty (Parody of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe)