Hello, friends! After 10(!) years of #AdventOfCode, I've made some changes to preserve my sanity: there will be 12 days of puzzles each December (still starting Dec 1) and there is no longer a global leaderboard. Read more:
https://adventofcode.com/2025/about#faq_num_days
https://adventofcode.com/2025/about#faq_leaderboard
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Instead of doing relentless advent of code challenges I decided I’d work on something fun instead 😁
Last night at my local #Python user group, I shared 3 Christmas-themed puzzles I devised for the event ( in the style of #AdventOfCode ), I thought I'd share them here too in case anyone is interested. 🎄
They won't be as good as AoC of course but attendees seemed to enjoy these puzzles.
New instance, new introduction!
I'm a late (mostly self) diagnosed autistic in recovery from autistic burnout. In spring 2024 I left a career at Apple Retail and have been finding myself since. I'm deeply passionate about and experienced with Apple tech. I also love Sci-Fi and Fantasy, mostly TV and movies these days. I'm a gamer, mostly playing on Mac, iPad, and Switch. I was once a software engineer and still pursue it as a hobby, mostly developing small projects for the Apple ecosystem in Swift.
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Time for an #introduction !
I'm Anisse; husband, father, reader, gamer, developer living in France. I believe that everything is political, but what you'll find on this account is most likely to be tech-related: that's how I like to use social media. I've been closely or remotely interested in #Linux for about 25 years, and in the last 15, mostly the #kernel side. I post about my ongoing game gear emulator, in December about Advent of Code, and between the occasional shitpost, about interesting tech news. You'll find my longer articles on my blog: https://anisse.astier.eu/ (rarely), and how to reach me. I also do the live-blog for #KernelRecipes once a year: https://kernel-recipes.org/en/2022/category/live-blog/
It's been a few months on mastodon. Or many years, if you count the instance that shut down before I could migrate.
Here are a few interesting threads I wrote on a previous instance:
* #emulation debugging: https://octodon.social/@aissen/109214232614955675
* Live-posting a #CPU event: https://octodon.social/@aissen/109320752556345732
* #AdventOfCode impressions: https://octodon.social/@aissen/109437565515024519
* A bitmanip trick for #RustLang and other languages: https://octodon.social/@aissen/109431893754535969
* Top 7 #webtoons https://octodon.social/@aissen/109597203776360582
* My theory on GG etymology https://octodon.social/@aissen/109352920637602647
* Custom mastodon CSS icon https://octodon.social/@aissen/109344221434488129
#AdventOfCode 2023 has started ! I'll won't link to my solutions, but you'll be able to find them mirrored on my Github page a reasonable time after they are solved.
Let's go!
I’m really enjoying looking at everyone’s #AdventOfCode. The most interesting part for me is how each language can more easily/naturally solve different aspects of the daily problems. I’m curious to hear from others what they think the strengths/facilities of their chosen language lends to that day’s problem.