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My Advent of Code solutions in Python (plus step-by-step explanations) (by xavdid)

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  • -❄️- 2023 Day 8 Solutions -❄️-
    200 projects | /r/adventofcode | 7 Dec 2023
    Step-by-step explanation | full code
  • Me: "I'm going to learn rust for Advent of code!" Also me:
    10 projects | /r/adventofcode | 6 Dec 2022
    Code's all here: https://github.com/xavdid/advent-of-code
  • Advent of Code 2022
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2022
    AoC is one of my favorite events of the year! I find the puzzles generally approachable, but interesting enough to spend time on. I also like that there's a definitively right answer, which motivates me in an interesting way. I've developed a base class over the years that handles input parsing, so I can focus more on the solutions themselves.

    Additionally I've been solving for a number of years, but for the past 2 years, I've done a daily explanation of the solution. I use interesting parts of the Python stdlib and walk readers through common algorithms. I've found it _incredibly_ rewarding and plan on doing it again this year.

    You can see all of those solutions here: https://github.com/xavdid/advent-of-code/tree/main/solutions

    Please let me know if you enjoy reading these, I love hearing from folks!

  • -🎄- 2021 Day 13 Solutions -🎄-
    143 projects | /r/adventofcode | 12 Dec 2021
    Nice! This was basically the same as my solution, but mine was much more verbose.
  • -🎄- 2021 Day 6 Solutions -🎄-
    225 projects | /r/adventofcode | 5 Dec 2021
    Solution and writeup here: https://github.com/xavdid/advent-of-code/tree/main/solutions/2021/day_6
  • Day 1 Part 2 Issues
    1 project | /r/adventofcode | 2 Dec 2021
    I do a daily solution walkthrough on GitHub if you'd like to follow along. Yesterday's is here: https://github.com/xavdid/advent-of-code/blob/main/solutions/2021/day_1
  • Advent of Code 2021
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Dec 2021
    AoC is one of my favorite events of the year. I find the puzzles to be much more approachable than things like Project Euler. I regularly credit my yearly participation for making me a better programmer.

    I also do a daily writeup of my solution, which helps make sure I understand the problem and help others who are learning. I found it super rewarding last year, so I'm doing it again this year. They're in my GH repo. Here's today's: https://github.com/xavdid/advent-of-code/tree/main/solutions...

    My big tip is that you probably don't need to worry about competing for the leaderboard (unless you really want to). Go at your own pace, don't stay up weird hours, and take a break.

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