Python will always be the fastest language for me. Not in terms of code speed, but in terms of me-writing-code speed. For something small and snack-y like AoC, getting things built quickly is much more important than it running fast. For the size of inputs in this project it's good enough 👍

Anytime my code uses "is item X in collection Y" my brain screams that Y needs to either be a set or a dict depending on if I need other data too

I also used intersections! Sets have really good performance for this problem

Yay!!! Thanks <3 I'm glad I added a custom domain it looks a lot better

Am I cool 👉👈

P1 was only over-engineered cause I'm dumb and took wayyyy too long to get a functional word search. But once I did, adapting it to P2 was honestly trivial? Hopefully your guessing pays off on day 5 :)

Day 4 complete 💪💪💪

Check out the trailer to see what it's like to unload a gatling gun into a horde of skeletons, or throw fireballs at a boss, all while managing your army of towers

I'd never heard of this but it was a fun puzzle to start my morning!
Looking forward to tomorrow :)

That one joke is a classic for a reason: how do you know if someone uses Linux? Don't worry, they'll tell you

It's SO good in VR. I would just stare at the night sky in wonder. Gorgeous game