Manoj Mahalingam

I just completed "Race Condition" - Day 20 - Advent of Code 2024

Running a bit behind. Very interesting problem for Day 20, where reading the problem correctly lets you make the right assumptions while solving the problem.

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Did it with simple recursion and memoization

I just completed "Linen Layout" - Day 19 - Advent of Code 2024

Easier day with no challenge in extending for Part 2 as well.

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I just completed "RAM Run" - Day 18 - Advent of Code 2024

Easier day with simple Dijkstra's again for Part 1 and a straightforward expansion for Part 2

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I have used Z3 before but would have never thought it's applicable here. Interesting approach.

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Z3 as in Z3 Solver? Interesting, will check out your solution.

This is mine btw - github.com/manojlds/adv...

I just completed "Chronospatial Computer" - Day 17 - Advent of Code 2024

Interesting part 2 today. Brute force definitely didn't work and had to look for patterns (and a bit of Reddit help) to identify the solution

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I just completed "Reindeer Maze" - Day 16 - Advent of Code 2024 ✅

A bit delayed for day 16. Standard Dijkstra's/A* with having to track the paths for part 2

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#Rust code for #AdventOfCode Day 15 is here - github.com/manojlds/adv...

I just completed "Warehouse Woes" - Day 15 - Advent of Code 2024

Fun part 2 today and just had to visualize it

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I just completed "Restroom Redoubt" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2024

Tried part 2 with heuristics (had to go to reddit for this) and also LLMs. Took a dump of each state for 10000 ticks and passed to LLM to identify the tree.

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#AdventOfCode Day 13: Claw Contraption

I just completed "Claw Contraption" - Day 13 - Advent of Code 2024

More about the math than anything else. Didn't know about Cramer's rule (or forgot if I learnt it earlier) and then it's just a straightforward problem

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"Garden Groups" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2024

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I just completed "Garden Groups" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2024

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I just completed "Plutonian Pebbles" Day 11 #AdventOfCode

This was such a fun problem. A very simple part1 and a expected complication in part2 that just has you rethink the solution. But once you do the, part2 is simple as well and something that just cannot run runs in ms. So satisfying!

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I knew what Part 2 was going to do as soon as I saw how simple Part 1 was 😀 #adventofcode Day 11

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#Rust code for #AdventOfCode Day 10 is here

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I just completed "Hoof It" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2024

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Straightforward DFS and BFS

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I just completed "Disk Fragmenter" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2024

A very fun problem! Missed some cases in part 2 and was interesting to change to accommodate them.

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Would love some feedback to make this more idiomatic and on the approach. Doing this part to make it reusable for part 1 and part 2 and feels a bit ugly:

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I just completed "Resonant Collinearity" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2024 ✅

Easier day with part1 being a special case of part 2 and easy to refactor.

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#Rust code for Advent of Code Day 7 is here

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Went with a recursive approach that was straightforward enough to expand for part 2

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I just completed "Bridge Repair" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024

Easier day with a fun problem and a straightforward expansion in part 2

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#Rust code for Day 6 of #AdventOfCode is here - github.com/manojlds/adv...

I just completed "Guard Gallivant" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2024

Easier day compared to Day 5. And brute force all the way 😀

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