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For what it's worth, I'm not a (professionnal) programmer, and I can usually solve 80% of the AoC problems intuitively. That's OK for me. For the other 20% whe
by auxym 5y ago
For what it's worth, I'm not a (professionnal) programmer, and I can usually solve 80% of the AoC problems intuitively. That's OK for me.
For the other 20% where I don't even know where to start, I look up a solution on reddit, try to understand it and re-implement it myself, and learn something new. The 2020 day 13 problem mentioned by GP was indeed one of those for me last year.
- ollien 5y agoHonestly, I didn't even understand how the CRT applied even after knowing it was required. This visualization[1] is what eventually helped me solve it. [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/kcl7d2/2020_day_13_part_2_buses_in_a_slot_machine/ https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/kcl7d2/2020_d...