--- title: Best Fireship posts — May 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Fireship posts from May 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/fireship/best-of/2025/05 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/fireship/best-of/2025/05 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Fireship posts — May 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Fireship posts from May 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Fireship — May 2025 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/5-weird-but-useful-data-structures-in-computer-science-1syj34uhf "5 weird (but useful) data structures in computer science") Video Fireship · 1y 5 weird (but useful) data structures in computer science The post explores five unusual but useful data structures that go beyond the basic ones commonly known in computer science: B trees, radix trees, ropes, Bloom filters, and cuckoo hashing. Each data structure offers unique advantages in handling specific problems, such as reducing search complexity, efficiently managing large strings, and resolving hash table collisions. Additionally, a new VS Code extension by Code Rabbit is introduced, enhancing code review processes. 119 1 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-just-opened-the-flood-gates--ovlg1sxxd "Microsoft just opened the flood gates…") Video Fireship · 1y Microsoft just opened the flood gates… Microsoft has open-sourced GitHub Copilot and Windows Subsystem for Linux, offering major opportunities for developers. This move allows programmers to modify and build competitors based on these tools, potentially enhancing software development efficiency and innovation. OpenAI's recent acquisition of Windsurf and moves involving AI code generation are closely linked, highlighting competitive dynamics in the AI coding space. 117 4 [See all Fireship archives](/sources/fireship/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/fireship/best-of/2025/05#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/fireship/best-of/2025/05","name":"Best Fireship Posts — May 2025","description":"The most upvoted Fireship posts from May 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/fireship/best-of/2025/05#items","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-weird-but-useful-data-structures-in-computer-science-1syj34uhf","name":"5 weird (but useful) data structures in computer science"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-just-opened-the-flood-gates--ovlg1sxxd","name":"Microsoft just opened the flood gates…"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Fireship","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/fireship"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/fireship/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"May 2025"}]}]} ```