Now that you’ve got all your lenses together and positioned, the beam of light (from the parabolic mirror outside, remember?) is being focused into a tight and very narrow beam that leads deep into the heart of the mountain. Following the deer and the beam of light into the depths, you find the final arrangement of mirrors that will turn the stones into lava. The beam of light doesn’t seem like it’s entering the contraption in the correct spot to do the most damage; your job today is to...| Chasing Dings!
I was nervous, starting today’s puzzle. I saw last night that it was a “shortest path” problem, and since the path had a defined start and end, it was an “A-star” problem, and that’s what it turned out to be.| Chasing Dings!
So, Monday and Tuesday, I flew to Denver and back to pick up my son, who’d gotten stuck on an impromptu trip across country to see the Grand Canyon. Today, I found that the $10,000 sewer pipe we just had replaced on the outside of the house needs a $5,500 mate on the inside of the house.| Chasing Dings!
I am committing myself this year to solving every puzzle in the Advent of Code, an annual coding competition taking place over the Advent season each year.| Chasing Dings!
Hi! I'm Eric Wastl. I make Advent of Code. I hope you like it! I also make lots of other things. I'm on Bluesky, Mastodon, and GitHub.| adventofcode.com
