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00:00 Intro
00:08 Part 1
10:41 Part 2
19:35 Outro
We solve the 2024 advent of code puzzle for day 14 using python. The part one for this puzzle would be fine to solve using a purley programitic approach, doing the robot movment, then bringing it back into the grid, 100 times over, but with the use of modular arithmetic we can do the calcualtion once per robot for all 100 steps at once. Part 2 is a bit difffernt from the last few days, but if you make an assumpotion on what the Easter Egg will look like (or visit the reddit) then you can have a few different approaches. I decided to look for a 3x3 block in the points for each itteration, but I have seen some neat ideas with x and y variance, enthropy and file previews!
My aim it to make a video for each days challenge, although those might not be on the day that the puzzle comes out! There will almost certainly be a few days missed and then a few videos pop up at once!
Im a profesional (Java) developer and so I try to use best practices where possible, but also remembering that these are fun puzzles and that we dont need to think about every single edge case. Id love to hear from you in the comments for suggestions of topics or something that you'd like me to talk about.
Set Up:
Currently I am using my 2024 macbook air and airpod microphone, so the audio isnt as great as I think it could be, but Im trying to find the right balance of getting something out there and making it as good as possible. If some of you like the content then i'll upgrade the audio quality as soon as I can!