bretthancox articles - 12 total
Python list comprehensions - help with syntax
I struggled with list comprehensions in Python. The syntax seemed so alien and strange. What ended up...
Particle and the end of mesh
The situation Particle is an IoT company specializing in a combination of hardware and clo...
Advent of Code 2019 - Day 5 (in Rust!)
Introduction The thought of revisiting my Clojure version of the Intcode "computer" horrif...
Advent of Code 2019 - Day 6
Introduction As part of my ongoing effort to learn Rust, I thought it would be interesting...
Advent of Code 2019 - Day 1 (an aside, in Rust!)
Introduction Since I'm dabbling with Rust, I wanted to see if I could do some of the Adven...
Advent of Code 2019 - Day 5
Introduction Wow...day 5 really confused the heck out of me. Implementation was no more co...
Advent of Code 2019 - Day 4
Introduction Day 3 was a big spike in complexity for me. Not sure why - maybe it was meant...
Advent of Code 2019 - Day 3, Part 2
Introduction I don't know if the problems are getting harder, or my brain just struggled w...
Advent of Code 2019 - Day 3, Part 1
Introduction Day 3 (posting on day 9...better get ready for day 4 on day 19...) exposed th...
Advent of Code 2019 - Day 2
Introduction Day 2 (posting on day 5...sigh...) was an increase in complexity over day 1....
Advent of Code 2019 - Day 1
Introduction My Clojure skills are rarely used, but it is a fun language for thinking outs...
Clojure and go blocks: How to stop your program from exiting
This is my first post and probably on a topic done to death, but it's a topic I tripped over when fir...