Hi all, Not strictly testing, but I know there are a lot of testers out there who like to practice their programming skills. Just wondering if anyone has every attempted the Advent of Code challenge? Are you planning on attempting the challenge this year? Each day, for advent (starting 1st Decemb…

Hey Louise, I know @kristof and @oxygenaddict were interested in the Advent of Cyber 2023. [image] Advent of Cyber 2023 🙋 Questions I’m super hyped for the Advent of Cyber 2023. Since I saw many questions lately about getting into Security testing, I’m going to tag a few…

[image] lgibbs: Just wondering if anyone has every attempted the Advent of Code challenge? Are you planning on attempting the challenge this year? It’s interesting but less interesting then Advent of Cyber :stuck_out_tongue: So I’ll do AoC + I’m still following some extra courses, 2 Advents i…

I participated in 2015, and then every year since 2016, but never got all the 50 possible stars. To me the years are very different in how hard they are to solve; 2021 was extremely hard in particular. Looking forward to this year’s puzzles! :jigsaw: Cheers, Stephan

Yes, I’m participating. Got reminders set in my calendar. But like Stephan, I’m not sure if I’ll manage to get all 50 stars. It starts of easy, but gets harder the closer we get to Christmas :sweat_smile:

I only learnt about it last year, managed 25 stars. For the other years, I occasionally picked a puzzle to solve for fun, but I didn’t do them in that year. 2015 was a lot easier compared to last years puzzles. [image]

I will try this one for the first time, more to learn than challenge myself🤔 Glhf to everyone who tries it as well✨

Here is a leaderboard code which everyone is welcome to join. Nice to see how everyone is doing for each challenge 2557629-7358e769

Good start to the challenge, well done @pmichielsen [image] Took a few attempts to get the logic correct on part 2, only 5 incorrect answers before getting the correct one.

What is everyone’s go to language for this? For me it is Python, but without additional packages; only the standard library :snake:

I’m completing the challenge using C#, the puzzles get so difficult that I wouldn’t want to make it more difficult by attempting them in a programming language I’m not familiar with. Since I started doing the challenges, my programming skills has improved dramatically.

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simon_tomes (Simon Tomes) 29 November 2023 18:33 2

Hey Louise,

I know @kristof and @oxygenaddict were interested in the Advent of Cyber 2023.

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