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Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

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Re: Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

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Post by jvanderbot »

klausa wrote: post #125
TeMPOraL wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hate to be the... whoever I'm being right now, but names have meaning. It's the reason to have them in the first place. > Advent of Code isn't about there being 25 puzzles, and so maintaining volume at all costs has nothing to do with it. It's the Advent of Code. Not "Random late year event with no religious / commercial tradition connotations whatsoever" of Code. The 25 is there in the name. It's the whole point :).

You need to turn in your polish passport for publicly saying that the advent is 25, not 24 days ;P

Right so since each problem has more than one part, we are back to advent of 24 problems.

Re: Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

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Post by skeeter2020 »

Scarblac wrote: post #50
rich_sasha wrote: post #24

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I once has this half serious idea to do "Advent of Parenting", with one problem per month, and you start after Christmas. As in, youre so delayed you start in the New Year, and have time for one problem per month. But hey I didn't have the time to do it. Kids...

When my kids move out, one of my plans is to finally start the first Advent of Code.

you'll have a new set of excuses then, too.

Re: Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

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Post by tgv »

emil-lp wrote: post #148
WJW wrote: post #82

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The leaderboard has led to the same predictable discussion for as long as the AoC has existed. Recurring themes: - The puzzles get published in the middle of the night for most of Europe, can't we have a better system like scoring on . - It's weird that many of the pages say "just have fun, it's not a race" and then also there's a prominent leaderboard page to show who's currently ahead in the race. - There's been pe…

6am or later for most of Europe is not middle of the night.

Then it's the middle of the night for the Americas...

Re: Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

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Post by jayknight »

klausa wrote: post #125
TeMPOraL wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hate to be the... whoever I'm being right now, but names have meaning. It's the reason to have them in the first place. > Advent of Code isn't about there being 25 puzzles, and so maintaining volume at all costs has nothing to do with it. It's the Advent of Code. Not "Random late year event with no religious / commercial tradition connotations whatsoever" of Code. The 25 is there in the name. It's the whole point :).

You need to turn in your polish passport for publicly saying that the advent is 25, not 24 days ;P

Really though, for Catholic and protestant churches, Advent starts the fourth Sunday before Christmas, so isn't always the same length. In Orthodox Churches, Advent is 40 days (starting Nov 15) just like Lent.

Re: Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

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Post by collingreen »

hitarpetar wrote: post #132
TeMPOraL wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hate to be the... whoever I'm being right now, but names have meaning. It's the reason to have them in the first place. > Advent of Code isn't about there being 25 puzzles, and so maintaining volume at all costs has nothing to do with it. It's the Advent of Code. Not "Random late year event with no religious / commercial tradition connotations whatsoever" of Code. The 25 is there in the name. It's the whole point :).

> Hate to be the... whoever I'm being right now the word you're looking for is pedant

"pedant who didn't look up their own point or consider other world perspectives before boldly declaring that the way they thought about it first was the only true way"

In the spirit of pedantry, I added even more minor detail!

Re: Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

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Post by celticninja »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #46
thomascountz wrote: post #4

Whenever there's a change like this, my gut reaction is to grieve and try to imagine ways that things could be kept the same. After thinking, "maybe puzzles could be designed by a group instead of an individual and they could share the work," I then thought, "and couldn't an LLM help?" And with that, I had to remind myself: Advent of Code isn't about there being 25 puzzles, and so maintaining volume at all costs has…

Hate to be the... whoever I'm being right now, but names have meaning. It's the reason to have them in the first place. > Advent of Code isn't about there being 25 puzzles, and so maintaining volume at all costs has nothing to do with it. It's the Advent of Code. Not "Random late year event with no religious / commercial tradition connotations whatsoever" of Code. The 25 is there in the name. It's the whole point :).

Advent does not mean 25. It just means 'the coming', so 12, 25, 1, 8 are all acceptable lengths. And if you reay need it to be 24 you can calm it 0.5 per day.

Re: Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

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Post by anamexis »

wodenokoto wrote: post #113
TeMPOraL wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hate to be the... whoever I'm being right now, but names have meaning. It's the reason to have them in the first place. > Advent of Code isn't about there being 25 puzzles, and so maintaining volume at all costs has nothing to do with it. It's the Advent of Code. Not "Random late year event with no religious / commercial tradition connotations whatsoever" of Code. The 25 is there in the name. It's the whole point :).

Advent is the four Sundays leading up to Christmas. 4 is in the name, not 25.

Advent is a liturgical season, not a set of 4 Sundays. Neither 4 nor 25 are "in the name."

Re: Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

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Post by radiator »

testdelacc1 wrote: post #128

Last year was the first time I completed all 25 and I was looking forward to reprising that. It’s alright. I guess I could always try older problems.

That is a healthy attitude. I wonder if everyone "missing" AoC has already solved all the past problems.

Re: Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

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Post by Dilettante_ »

pajamasam wrote: post #99
TeMPOraL wrote: post #63

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Give a kid half of an advent calendar and tell them to open the window every second day, let's see how long it'll keep their interest (I expect much less than 12 days) :). That's not how Advent Calendars work!

We’re not kids though…

Let your hair down man, it's christmas!

Re: Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time

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Post by layer8 »

emil-lp wrote: post #148
WJW wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The leaderboard has led to the same predictable discussion for as long as the AoC has existed. Recurring themes: - The puzzles get published in the middle of the night for most of Europe, can't we have a better system like scoring on . - It's weird that many of the pages say "just have fun, it's not a race" and then also there's a prominent leaderboard page to show who's currently ahead in the race. - There's been pe…

6am or later for most of Europe is not middle of the night.

Yes it is. ;)
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