Advent-of-Code

Welcome to my new and improved Advent of Code repository!

Main goal

This is gonna showcase whatever I write for the AoC from year to year. That means it's gonna have some real crapware hacky code. That said, I do plan to keep it around this time. Especially considering it'd be a good motivator to last for more than 3 days.
Before 2021 I didn't keep the code around and I didn't join any boards. I talked about it, but was afraid of being judged. Then in 2022 I joined some friends, who already knew I write terrible code and thus were happy to help me learn some Rust whilst doing the AoC. That's a bad idea kids. Picking up a lang you have no experience in whatsoever will mean you're in for a world of pain.

This time?

Yes, last year I tried to force myself to do it all in Rust, which wasn't a success. So I dropped out early on.
That said, it was a good learning experience. It forced me to think differently and it's opened me up to trying new things. And to being a bit more relaxed in what I want to do.

Personal challenges

I wanna set some challenges for myself every year. Not because the AoC isn't challenging, but because I think it's a great method of improving oneself. Especially if you don't mind stepping out of your comfort zone a bit, so I'll set personal challenges without forcing myself through them. And naturally, I'll track those personal challenges in the per-year READMEs to prevent flooding this file.

Let the games begin!

Shoutout to a few folks that have really helped me realize that it's not me being bad last year. The folks that helped me get excited after failing.

• kageru
• cid-chan
• FichteFoll
• Lypheo
• Joske
• LightArrowsEXE

If you think I missed your name in this list, hit me up on Discord @Riven Skaye#0042 or send me an email. If you have other methods of contacting me, that's fine too of course.