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Advent of code
Advent of Code is an annual programming event
Its like an advent calendar
But instead of chocolate
You can byte into code problems
Each day of advent gives you two problems
You get Gold Stars!
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Part one is the easy enough one
Can brute force it if you really want
Once ye got the part one complete the second one opens
Brute forcing may take longer than the heat death of the universe
So ye have to get smarter
Plenty of algos to be introduced to
If you find it easy there are many ways to amp up teh difficulty
You can compete to complete it fastest
(A classmate was in teh worldwide top 1000 last year)
There are global and local leaderboards (we have one)
You can do it in a new language (I use rust)
You can create your own language for it (if ye are that insane)
Some do it in excel
Or brainfuck
Or by hand
You can add Bad Apple to it (2022 Day 10, make a TV)
One downside is it hits us right at exam times
Another is that the puzzles release at 6am
Thankfully all past puzzles are available to do
So we tend to run a second one in January for those who are interested
Sign up with yer: [GitHub] [Google] [Twitter] [Reddit] Accounts
See Discord (<https://discord.skynet.ie>) for the daily posts on it.
Now get into doing two days worth of puzzles to get ye started