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Advent of Code Day 4 — Camp Cleanup

December 4, 2022 by Tipa

As well as my Day 4 solutions in Python and Java, I talk about the AI solving controversy in Advent of Code, and teach the chat bot to speak a language I just now invented.

Advent of Code Day 3 — Rucksack Reorganization

December 3, 2022 by Tipa

I did this puzzle last night while writing the post about Day 2. This time I’m not in quite so much of a rush. Weekends. The puzzle description is best read on the AoC site — they’re always fun to read 🙂 Advent of Code always starts out slowly, getting people used to how things … Read more

Advent of Code 2022 Day 2 — Rock Paper Scissors

December 3, 2022 by Tipa

So I made it to day 2 of Advent of Code! Not entirely awake. I stayed up past midnight to solve it. I messed up my first approach, so I went to a more brute force approach that worked. I got my solution logged in in about twelve minutes or so? But I was still … Read more

Advent of Code 2022: Day 1 — Calorie Counting

December 1, 2022 by Tipa

I am committing myself this year to solving every puzzle in the Advent of Code, an annual coding competition taking place over the Advent season each year. Each day brings a new puzzle, in two parts. They start out pretty easy, and top programmers (not me) solve them in seconds. By the end of the … Read more

Advent of Code 2021 — Completed.

December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 by Tipa

It was an obsession, it was a challenge, it was a lesson. The Advent of Code is an annual coding event that runs from the first to the twenty-fifth of December, but instead of chocolate treats, this advent calendar delivers delicious daily coding puzzles… although you don’t necessarily need to code to solve them.