I wrote something sort of adjacent to what you're talking about. It wasn't about applications persay but instead it was a guide / decision tree that took everything I learnt on how to make choices on what datastructure or algorithmic approaches applied to different problems (from doing the Blind 75 problem set).

It's not authoritative as I am not an expert yet but might still be of interest: https://sebinsua.com/algorithmic-bathwater#what-kind-of-prob...