Had a real mindset shift discovering POSSE (Publish on Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere). Edits, authority, durability, all centralized. Worth the read if you're tired of platform dependency. #IndieWeb #POSSE
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I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 adventofcode.com/2025/day/7 #AdventOfCode
I had really oversimplified part 1, was just looking for splitters with a beam entering.
Part 2 crushed me. But yeah, used backtracking, and memoized at each splitter. SOLVED!
I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6
Parsing problems, cumbersome but easy. Refreshing after the "Cafetaria" problem yesterday. ✨
I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5
Made a petty mistake where I thought ranges where start=end didn't count, but since the range was inclusive of start and end items, it DID count. Fixed that and it worked like a charm ✨
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode
Wow, today's problem was so compute intensive! The problem involved enumerating all possible combinations of numbers in a "battery bank". Had to come up with a smart elimination strategy. Worked!
adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 adventofcode.com/2025/day/2 #AdventOfCode
Part 1 was easy, split the number and see if both parts match. But for Part 2 went a little out of the box. Repeat a substring and check if it matches the whole number. Worked!
I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
Just discovered this npm package, surprised I couldn't find a website that let me enter dynamic text input to filter out bs.
mourner.github.io/bullshit.js/
www.reddit.com/r/onexindia/...
"Justice for Atul" is a cause worth supporting. This transcends religion and race. Justice for all men who are persecuted/abused by women!
I just completed "Disk Fragmenter" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/9
Also, skipped Day 8. Guess I can do it later.
Unoptimised Go code.
Sorry about being mysterious with my post. 😅
I haven't optimized my code yet, here's a snippet of how I approached it.
I tried all operations like a "truth table", enumerating all possibilities.
Takes around 3 seconds to execute on my rusty computer.
Two functions are written in Go. The first one uses simple math to convert a decimal number to base 3, the second one uses crazy bit manipulation to convert a decimal number to base 2.
Traded bits for trits and solved the puzzle. Now, if only I could figure out ternary logic gates...
I just completed "Bridge Repair" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/7
For part 1, I used sparse matrices and kept a history of visited locations. I feared that I had over-engineered, but that's exactly what I needed for part 2.
I just completed "Guard Gallivant" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/6
Used Go stdlib (slices.sortStableFunc) for part 2.
When it matches a rule, return zero; otherwise, return negative or positive, depending on which rule was violated. This worked really well!
I just completed "Print Queue" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5
Sometimes the simpler solution is the better solution. 😆
One of the rare times that Part 2 required removing code to get to the answer.
I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4
If they'd named it "regex tokenization & named groups" instead of "Mull It Over", would've been a dead giveaway?
I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3
This is Lady. She just moved from Kentucky to Montana. Winter looks different here, and she’s making her feelings on that very clear. 13/10
I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2
