Big Changes for Advent of Code 2025 October 21, 2025 in Advent of Code Half the puzzles, no global leaderboard, and definitely… no AI. Continue reading
Advent of Code 2024: The First Week December 7, 2024 in Advent of Code, Generative AI, Programming Language AI has changed programming forever. It has changed Advent of Code and the way I work. What’s life going to be like when AI can do my job, better than me? Continue reading
Advent of Code 2024.1: December 2, 2024 in Advent of Code Where is that darned elvish historian? Continue reading
Advent of Code Day 22 -- Sand Slabs December 22, 2023 in Advent of Code I almost gave up on this one. Then I started playing around with it in a 3D render package and I found the issue. Continue reading
Advent of Code Day 21 -- Step Counter December 21, 2023 in Advent of Code I had 80% of the solution, but that last 20% killed it. This is the day I failed Advent of Code 2023. Continue reading
Advent of Code Day 20 -- Pulse Propagation December 20, 2023 in Advent of Code First, you find the right answer using pencil and paper. Then, you write code to produce that answer. Right? No? Just me? Continue reading
Advent of Code Day 19 -- Aplenty December 19, 2023 in Advent of Code First puzzle in a few days where I didn’t need to get hints. I guess the problem was musical, aerodynamic, shiny AND extremely cool looking! Continue reading
Advent of Code Day 18 -- Lavaduct Lagoon December 19, 2023 in Advent of Code We had game night tonight, more HeroQuest (yay!), so I didn’t have a lot of time to work on this…. Continue reading
Advent of Code Day 17 -- Clumsy Crucible December 17, 2023 in Advent of Code Edsger Dijkstra is laughing at me from his grave. Continue reading
Advent of Code Day 16 -- The Floor Will Be Lava December 16, 2023 in Advent of Code /u/YellowZorro hasn’t posted any more art, so back to Dall-E 3 renderings. Today, we get ready to MAKE SOME LAVA TO SAVE CHRISTMAS! Continue reading