Inferis
The thing I don't like about AoC is that the example inputs are a bit too simple. In this case, my code works fine for both example inputs, but it fails for the actual input which is so big that it's practically impossible to debug to find out what is going on. #aoc #aoc23 #aoc2023
Dec 23, 2023 at 6:03amIvory for Mac
Show threadKevin BDec 23, 2023

@inferis I hear ya. Some suggestions:
- Sometimes the size *is* the difference. On one day, I missed that I left a variable 32 bits instead of 64, and the count kept rolling.
- Write your own unit tests. I did this for day 18. Priceless, for your sanity too.

I know that AoC is supposed to be play, not work, but sometimes the real world will throw curve balls at you.

Having said all that, the sample for day 22 was pretty good, capturing the salient tricky part.

#aoc2023

Show threadSteven Op de beeckDec 24, 2023
@inferis happened to me in #1 part one, so I skipped the whole thing this year. Whole thing is getting stretched and boring.