Day 14 – Parabolic Reflector Dish
The Advent of Code has been running for a few days by now, but I’m still writing and posting my…
Day 13 – Point of Incidence
It’s Thanksgiving Week here in the US, and we’re just a few days away from the start of the Advent…
Day 12 – Hot Springs
For this one, I solved part 1 twice — the first time, I used regular expressions, and I used recursion…
Day 11- Cosmic Expansion
Now that you’re out of the maze, you come to an observatory, where you need to find the shortest distance…
Day 17 — Clumsy Crucible
GO VOTE! I’m publishing this problem out of sequence because I just recently solved it, and wanted to make sure…
Day 10 – Pipe Maze
As much I wanted to keep up with this blog, I find my attention wavering. I wish I had a…
Interview Fails
A student of mine needed to miss one of our meetings to prepare for an interview. When we did meet,…
Day 9 — Mirage Maintenance
Day 9 sees you out of the desert sandstorm and in an oasis. While you wait for your next move,…
Control
At the time of this writing, I’m prepping for a long weekend trip to Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky…
Day 8 — The Haunted Wasteland
After playing cards on the camel’s back, Day 8 starts with a sandstorm approaching, and you have to figure out…