All those of you have recently started out might be going through a phase which i think most of the leetcode community can relate to, here is my 2 cents:

Yes leetcode's easy problems are on comparasion much harder than the easy problems you can find on other platforms like hackerrank and so , and a few of are quite basic.

It is not easy to solve them on first glance , but PLEASE TAKE A PEN , PAPER and write down your approach , even if it is not optimal, then once you are able to solve the question then try to solve the question according to note or the follow up given (This is the key )

This is the most important part : even if you are able to solve the questions irrespective of your time complexity, go to the discussion forum and check out other aproaches ***** what we know is a drop , what we dont know is an ocean***** , we are here for one hell of a ride!!!!

Note down the models which you were not aware of ex(monotic stack , bfs, dfs , sliding window .........) make an organized document of the domains where you are lacking or the topics you need to revise (IT WILL HELP A LOT)

Thanks for your time , now go grind those leets ALL THE BEST !! HAPPY GRINIDING !!!