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I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
Alan Zimmerman
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馃専 It's time for #AdventOfCode! That means it's a great month to pick up a new programming language! Try it in Unison this year! 馃巵
https://share.unison-lang.org/@unison/advent-of-code?utm_source=mastodon
Working through #AdventOfCode Day 3 Part 2 while my wife works and we half-watch Lost for the first time since it was originally broadcast. Funny how much of it I remember compared to other series I've seen multiple times.
Day 3 Part 2 is the first time I've had code that worked on the sample input that didn't work on the actual input. Kinda interesting and frustrating. I'm still plunking away using #bash which is fun. So far, each of the Part 1 challenges can pretty much be done in a one-liner, and I tend to think in that chain of cobbled-together steps, so I can work out most if not all of it on the fly. But each Part 2 for me has had some mild monkeywrench that required pivots in strategy, handling corner cases, etc., that meant pivoting to a real script. This time, I have toggleable debug code and some other niceties that I will probably reuse in the future when I get over this current obstacle.
Even though Day 5 dropped a little over an hour ago, it's still Day 4 in my timezone, and I was really hoping to set foot into Day 4 before bed. Not looking like I'm going to make it, unless an epiphany or some other miracle happens in the next half hour or so.
I finally completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 in #bash because I'm a fool. #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
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I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
First time I'm participating 馃帀 Feels good to finally have figured out the second part and now I also have to post this 馃槅
I've completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/2 with #Elixir.
I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 - in #bash 馃槀 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
馃専 It's time for #AdventOfCode! That means it's a great month to pick up a new programming language! Try it in Unison this year! 馃巵
https://share.unison-lang.org/@unison/advent-of-code?utm_source=mastodon
I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/1 in Elixir.
Reminder: Look at the input before parsing. And beware of edge cases.
Reminder: Please throttle your #AdventOfCode traffic
Please don't make frequent automated requests - avoid sending requests more often than once every 15 minutes (900 seconds).
https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/1pa472d/reminder_please_throttle_your_aoc_traffic/
Advent of Code on the Z-Machine
https://entropicthoughts.com/advent-of-code-on-z-machine
#HackerNews #AdventOfCode #ZMachine #RetroGaming #CodingChallenge #GameDev
Anke
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Hello, friends! After 10(!) years of #AdventOfCode, I've made some changes to preserve my sanity: there will be 12 days of puzzles each December (still starting Dec 1) and there is no longer a global leaderboard. Read more:
https://adventofcode.com/2025/about#faq_num_days
https://adventofcode.com/2025/about#faq_leaderboard
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Advent of Code will be running fewer puzzles per year from now on, due to the effort involved being unsustainable.
It will also be removing the global leaderboards (private ones remain). People were definitely always super toxic about the global leaderboard, but I have to assume that people setting up AI scripts to hammer the site, grab the problem and attempt to solve it faster than a human could even read it were the last straw.
Advent of Code will be running fewer puzzles per year from now on, due to the effort involved being unsustainable.
It will also be removing the global leaderboards (private ones remain). People were definitely always super toxic about the global leaderboard, but I have to assume that people setting up AI scripts to hammer the site, grab the problem and attempt to solve it faster than a human could even read it were the last straw.