Caleb Weeks articles - 66 total
Advent of Code #14 (in Gleam)
Remember how I mentioned that my code might not provide a solution that would work on your input...
Advent of Code #13 (in Gleam)
This was yet another problem that my boss helped me out with for part 2. I honestly don't know if I...
Advent of Code #12 (in Gleam)
My boss gave me another clue for part 2 of today's problem. I was planning on determining the number...
Advent of Code #11 (in Gleam)
One thing I love about Advent of Code is that as the problems get progressively harder, they require...
Advent of Code #10 (in Gleam)
When posting my solutions to Advent of Code, I try to make it so that if you were to take my code and...
Advent of Code #9 (in Gleam)
I'm finally getting around to posting my solutions to Advent of Code from last year. The first week,...
Advent of Code #8 (in Gleam)
I'm not particularly proud of my code for today's solution. I could definitely refactor it to reduce...
Advent of Code #7 (in Gleam)
I really enjoyed today's puzzle. At first glance, it seems pretty complicated, but if you know how to...
Advent of Code #6 (in Gleam)
Today was the first day I decided not to stay up to solve the puzzles right as they come out. Where I...
Advent of Code #5 (in Gleam)
Last year, there were a few problems that involved dealing with ordering functions. I was unaware of...
Advent of Code #4 (in Gleam)
In previous years, Advent of Code has had several problems dealing with items in a grid. After trying...
Advent of Code #3 (in Gleam)
Regex is doing a lot of the heavy lifting in today's puzzles. That is one of the main reasons why I...
Advent of Code #2 (in Gleam)
One thing that tripped me up for a while when solving today's puzzle is that grouping expressions in...
Advent of Code #1 (in Gleam)
It's that time of the year again! Advent of Code is my favorite coding challenge, and I enjoy talking...
Crafting Interpreters in OCaml
It's been a while since I've written on DEV! My last post was a summary of #12in23 from Exercism, and...
I learned* 12 languages in 2023: a retrospective
Last year, Exercism put together the #12in23 challenge. The goal was to learn a new programming...
Advent of Code #16 (in Crystal)
Today's puzzle didn't seem particularly challenging. I figured that I would have to keep track of...
Advent of Code #15 (in Crystal)
This puzzle was another easy one, especially for so late in the advent calendar. I don't have much to...
Advent of Code #14 (in Crystal)
My brother and I worked on this puzzle together. That is partly why the solution is more imperative...
Advent of Code #13 (in Crystal)
Similar to yesterday's puzzle, this one was fairly easy to visually inspect, but requires a bit more...
Advent of Code #12 (in Crystal)
Sometimes, a problem is fairly straightforward to describe to another human, but difficult to explain...
Advent of Code #11 (in Crystal)
I've been trying to add some meaningful commentary or thoughts along with each of these posts about...
Advent of Code #10 (in Crystal)
About this time last year, we had to use a maze solving algorithm for one of the puzzles. Today's...
Advent of Code #9 (in Crystal)
The confusing year of Advent of Code continues... I thought weekend puzzles were meant to be harder...
Advent of Code #8 (in Crystal)
So... today's puzzle was a bit of a mixed bag. Part 1 had a fairly straightforward solution, but part...
Advent of Code #7 (in Crystal)
Today's problem was primarily an exercise in sorting, with a little bit of math/logic for part 2....
Advent of Code #6 (in Crystal)
Yesterday, I got by without optimizing my program for part 2. Although it took hours to compute, I...
Advent of Code #5 (in Crystal)
At a certain point in Advent of Code, you'll inevitably have a program that is logically correct, but...
Advent of Code #4 (in Crystal)
If you've followed any of my blog posts, you know that I am a fan of functional programming. And...
Advent of Code #3 (in Crystal)
The nature of Advent of Code problems coming in two parts means that you kind of have to take a...