Reindeer Olympics pt.1 done ... now I only have to find a good seat to watch pt.2
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Oh wow, made it! Thanks to #AoC2024 I finally - FINALLY - learned enough to implement a working version of the A* algorithm! Maybe it's nbd for you, but on this side of the fence, it was quite big thing!
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Finally found a little time to tackle #AoC puzzles I didn't solve during the actual advent time. Two more stars - yay! Thanks to day 10… I now like hiking on #LavaIsland
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Finally got to doing 25th day of #AdventOfCode today and thus collected all 50 stars of this year. 🎉

Now I just need to get back to day 24 and write a proper solution (as I only did it partly in code, partly eye-balling and manually composing the answer; I used not-so-AI, I guess).

My Rusty solutions: https://gitlab.com/silmeth/advent-of-code-2024

#AdventOfCode2024 #AOC2024 #RustLang #Rust

Wrapping up the 2024 Advent of Code with Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning

With video! Software engineers Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning rejoin the show to discuss the 2024 Advent of Code, an annual programming competition.

#elixir #prolog #go #golang #podcast #AdventOfCode #AdventOfCode2024

https://straypointers.com/e/s2e20.htm

Finally finished my repository for #adventofcode2024 ! Solutions for this year and all previous years in Python3. https://github.com/matthewmisiaszek/aoc_solves would love to have your feedback on it!

#AdventOfCode #AdventOfCode2024 #AoC

I'm late today because of some Christmas travel but it was super easy (save for a dumb parsing bug that sent me in circles for a while) so I was able to get it done before the end of the day. Between that and yesterday going back and doing the Part 2s I'd skipped, I’ve completed my #AdventOfCode2024 calendar.

This year had some really gnarly puzzles. :-D I’m looking forward to next year.

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17 stars at #AdventOfCode2024. Got a bit derailed after day 9 (one star, no more stars after that). But scored one last star on day 24 (for day 23's puzzle, however) on my way out. Still very happy with how it went and turned out in the end.
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... maybe I'll find the time to rework some of my solutions to get some performance improvements. Or rather to learn what made it so bad in the first place 🥳

I completed the Advent of Code for the first time ever :) I never had the courage to go that far but I'm happy I managed to do it this time. I learned quite a few things in Rust, and most importantly I had a lot of fun programming again.

Anyway, Merry Christmas everyone!

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In honor of the last day of #AdventOfCode this year, I want to share something I've been working on since Day 12: The Drakaina!

It's a single line of #Python that solves the challenges of #AdventOfCode2024. I've gotten up to Day 11. Read at your own risk.

https://github.com/WinslowJosiah/adventofcode/blob/main/aoc/2024/drakaina.py

#coding #programming

It's been amazing 10 years! #AdventOfCode2024 #aoc

I'll revisit this later to figure out how to solve part 2 with code, but not right now. Now, it's time to enjoy Christmas with the family.

#AdventOfCode #AdventOfCode2024 #AoC

I am enjoying the final #AdventOfCode ASCII animation. How beautiful! Have to check out the Easter eggs now...

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#AdventOfCode Day 25: Code Chronicle

It’s finally done! I’m so happy!!!

This is the first year I’ve been able to finish all the stars without needing hints or extra help - and actually made it in time!

I’m still pretty slow, though. Some puzzles took me the entire day (or night, like yesterday and Day 17!). But it’s such a rewarding feeling to have made it all the way through.

A high five to all my fellow Mastodonians
@jeff @andrewhoyer
@movq @whereistanya @winslowjosiah
@oloturia
@papajohn
@sol_hsa
@kewliomzx
@jochie @mina and many more, who played (and sometimes suffered) along with me. You all made this so much more fun! ✨

And, of course, an enormous thank you to @ericwastl and all the wonderful helpers who made this event possible. I can’t wait for next year! 🤩💫

#Rust code is here:
https://github.com/nharrer/AdventOfCode/blob/main/rust/src/year2024/day25.rs

Puzzle:
https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/25

#AdventOfCode2024 #AoC

It's over. It's done! Aneb drobné nerdské radosti života. 😁

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#AdventOfCode Day 24: Crossed Wires

Oh boy. I did part 2 by hand. Exported the graph as a GraphML file, and imported it into Cytoscape. Arranging the gates was quite some work. Then it was obvious which gate outputs needed to be switched. Still, it took me all night. It's 5:30 in the morning. Time to go to bed.

I could stay up. The last puzzle is already released in half an hour, but I am exhausted. Nah, I’ll get a couple of hours of sleep first. 😴

#Rust code is here:
https://github.com/nharrer/AdventOfCode/blob/main/rust/src/year2024/day24.rs

Puzzle:
https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/24

#AdventOfCode2024 #AoC

Like many people, I solved #AdventOfCode 2024 Day 24 Part 2 not with code, but by hand. It'd actually be pretty difficult to write code for...but I'll eventually get it done.

In the meantime, here's my code for Part 1, before cleanup and comments.

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