The purpose of these exercices IS NOT to make the shortest code possible you know.
Yeah it is impressive at first, but most of the time it is incomprehensible. I generally prefer writing longer code but make it as clear as possible.

dw man they prob practiced a lot to be good at this

I can really relate to that. But don't think of it like that as it only demoralizes you. Think of it as a way to learn new and creative ways to tackle coding problems. That's what we're here for isn't it?

Im going crazy bro, I wrote like 17 lines of code and this dude did it all in 1 line. Bro im always like that. i dunno man i feel like i either suck at this or i overthink and make it too complicated