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Re: Advent of Code 2024

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Post by c-fe »

matsemann wrote: post #20

I love AoC. You don't have to care about the AI bots solving it or people waking up earlier than you, just solve it for your own fun. Either because you like the challenges, or to try it in a new language etc. I like to do them in a functional style in Kotlin as far as possible, as that's different from what I do at work. Edit: Here's mine from today, with my utils it's not exactly plain kotlin, but part of the fun i…

Nice one, i like your transpose function, as python-numpy user in past years, but kotlin this year, i really missed the transpose function the most for this day one. My code: https://github.com/charelF/AdventOfCode/blob/main/kt/src/y20...

Re: Advent of Code 2024

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Post by smcl »

atribecalledqst wrote: post #83

Last year I got stuck on Day 12 for a full week, and thinking about how to solve it consumed my every waking moment. I think this year, I'm going to be kind to myself and not participate so I can really enjoy the winter break from work.

Ah yeah I've been there! Having done it a few years now, I've found that the approach that works for me is: if it starts looking like I'll be stuck on one for more than a few hours, I'll skip it and move on. Otherwise I'll accumulate an insurmountable backlog that becomes more of a depressing chore to think about, than a fun little christmas tradition. I'd rather have a mostly-complete set of problems by the end of the year that I can come back and clean up when I feel like it.

That said, if you'd have a better holiday season by just stepping back from the computer and relaxing then that sounds great too. Either way - enjoy!

Re: Advent of Code 2024

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Post by smcl »

NoelJacob wrote: post #81

Other challenges (in advent and not in advent) like advent of code: https://github.com/NoelJacob/advent-and-other-calandars Compiled by myself.

Not a challenge, but it may be of interest anyway - Sergey Tihon's F# Advent Calendar: https://sergeytihon.com/2024/10/26/f-advent-calendar-in-engl...

I think there's a few of these for different languages/tech. I think they may be good for HN'ers seeking some kind of little daily advent-y fix without the potential emotional/mental investment of AoC.

Re: Advent of Code 2024

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Post by andrelaszlo »

ducdetronquito wrote: post #77

I will try to do it with F# and Gleam this year, but like every year I won’t have time (and brain) to do more than 10/12 days ^^ For the pythonists around here, give F# a try: it can feels very close to scripting and it has a wonderful REPL too :)

How's linux support? :)

Re: Advent of Code 2024

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Post by axpy906 »

ducdetronquito wrote: post #77

I will try to do it with F# and Gleam this year, but like every year I won’t have time (and brain) to do more than 10/12 days ^^ For the pythonists around here, give F# a try: it can feels very close to scripting and it has a wonderful REPL too :)

I am doing it in bash. Will see how far I can go!

Re: Advent of Code 2024

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Post by andix »

orra wrote: post #89

I would love it if the first star of the day was required, but the second was a bonus. I love Advent of Code, but I don't have the time to get 50 stars.

No stars are required at all. You can also skip some days if you don't want to do them. Or only to the first stars. However you like. First/silver stars will also increase your score in the leader boards.

Re: Advent of Code 2024

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Post by neonsunset »

andrelaszlo wrote: post #94
ducdetronquito wrote: post #77

I will try to do it with F# and Gleam this year, but like every year I won’t have time (and brain) to do more than 10/12 days ^^ For the pythonists around here, give F# a try: it can feels very close to scripting and it has a wonderful REPL too :)

How's linux support? :)

If almost 9 years were not enough to make this question seem silly, perhaps DuckDuckGo/Kagi/Perplexity could answer this?
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