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YouTube's algorithm really knows how to serve up the good stuff. A 4-minute video about the "history" of Dynamic Programming featuring a thumbnail that looks like a WW2 documentary. Because nothing says "optimization technique" quite like dramatic war imagery and the implication that DP was designed for combat.

The best part? "Dynamic Programming is not what you think" with a whopping 110 views. The algorithm gods have blessed us with educational content that's technically correct—Richard Bellman did name it "Dynamic Programming" specifically to sound impressive to his boss at RAND Corporation during the Cold War, so the military aesthetic isn't entirely off-base. Still, most of us were probably expecting recursion and memoization, not trench warfare.

Channel name "Bright frame" is doing the lord's work with these 110 views. Tomorrow's recommendation: "Why Bubble Sort Caused the Fall of Rome."

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