Day 1: Chronal Calibration

2 Dec 2018

Hi there, how nice of you to swing by! Do you know which day it is? Yes, the first day of Advent of Code 2018! As with the AoC puzzles, we’re starting the advent of Go introduction from scratch again as well.

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Day 13: Packet Scanners

13 Dec 2017

Was one of your previous solutions really really slow? We’re going to fix that today. Go read the problem description, it’s a fun one. Go on, I’ll wait here until you’re ready.

Good, you’re back! Let’s get started. On the agenda for today: more on interfaces and benchmarking.

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Day 12: Digital Plumber

12 Dec 2017

Did you know the internet is a series of pipes? No? Well, today’s problem is all about pipes. Go read the problem description, it’s a fun one. Go on, I’ll wait here until you’re ready.

Good, you’re back! Let’s get started. On the agenda for today: reusing your code.

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Day 11: Hex Ed

11 Dec 2017

Do you like it a little more difficult? Yeah, me too. Go read the problem description, it’s a fun one. Go on, I’ll wait here until you’re ready.

Good, you’re back! Let’s get started. On the agenda for today: anonymous structs and test fixtures.

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Day 10: Knot Hash

10 Dec 2017

How good are you at following the instructions? Let’s give it a try: go and read the problem description. Go on, I’ll wait here until you’re ready.

Good, you’re back! Unfortunately, there isn’t a lot of new Go on todays agenda. The problem literally boils down to following the instructions to the letter.

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Day 9: Stream Processing

9 Dec 2017

Hi there, welcome on day 9! If you haven’t done so yet, go and read the problem description. Go on, I’ll wait here until you’re ready.

Good, you’re back! Let’s get started. On the agenda for today: Regular Expressions!

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Day 8: I Heard You Like Registers

8 Dec 2017

Day 8, puzzle 8? You like pogramming, don’t you? Do you like cpu’s and how they work? If you haven’t done so yet, go and read the problem description. Go on, I’ll wait here until you’re ready.

Good, you’re back! Let’s get started. On the agenda for today: More about structs and the switch statement!

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Day 7: Recursive Circus

7 Dec 2017

We’re one week in! How many puzzles did you solve on your own? Did you solve todays puzzle already? If you haven’t done so yet, go and read the problem description. Go on, I’ll wait here until you’re ready.

Good, you’re back! Let’s get started. On the agenda for today: proper structs and pointers, finally, and recursion!

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Day 6: Memory Reallocation

6 Dec 2017

Day 6, and we keep on going! Welcome back for another puzzle and some Go. You know the drill by know: if you haven’t done so yet, go and read the problem description. Go on, I’ll wait here until you’re ready.

Good, you’re back! Let’s get started. On the agenda for today: functions as objects.

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Day 5: A Maze of Twisty Trampolines, All Alike

5 Dec 2017

Ho ho ho, welcome back for another puzzle! You know the drill by know: if you haven’t done so yet, go and read the problem description. Go on, I’ll wait here until you’re ready.

Good, you’re back! Let’s get started. On the agenda for today: Testing your code.

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