No massive refactor needed, the part one took almost an hour here potentially due to doing it after work but part two only required a couple minutes more and passed on the 1st try I just completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 https://t.co/vrH7icElzd #AdventOfCode

Had to rewrite my implementation for part two but still a fun puzzle. I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 https://t.co/UUcdAgg4zq #AdventOfCode

JRE episode with John Cena on the TV first problem where using long as too small for my result. Fun one. I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 https://t.co/fICC3fufs1 #AdventOfCode

I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 https://t.co/BstV1Hl3b0 #AdventOfCode

Super easy, barely an inconvenience. I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 https://t.co/WHvAZg6sQu #AdventOfCode

Without the prints it runs in <1ms

Sometimes all it takes is deleting your code and restarting from scratch. I could feel close, then deleted everything and rewrote a clean part two that worked within seconds. I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 https://t.co/VgzZE95Mbi #AdventOfCode

using grok to debug things is pretty funny. A paraphrase of my last session. Me: "Here's the issue." Grok: "Your problem is clear. Do this..." Me: "Nope got this error message ..." Grok: Ah, yes, I see it now. This will fix it..." Me: "Nope, here's a different error

I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 https://t.co/8909fmCldE #AdventOfCode

I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 https://t.co/Fn8AKowW1b #AdventOfCode

Can we get a feature to mute any countries we choose

Successfully migrated my backend implementation from using an S3 bucket to a postgres instance. Business logic remained untouched and it only took me 1-2 hours which were mostly focused on writing my postgres integration tests and code. Coding clean architecture saves time.

Decided to migrate my storage from S3 to RDS and realised that in the eatly days of that side project I lazily used the memory-backed S3 components instear ot mocks. Just another night studying the blade.

Video games are a healthier use of time than social media scrolling.

Learned something new today about Android. When testing your app against a local server you can't use `localhost` because the Android emulator creates its own network in which localhost refers to the emulator itself. You need to use 10.0.2.2 instead. #flutter #sideproject

I can tell exactly which each of these waves are: - Advent of Code - Random AWS experiments - Started Flutter side project - Resumed Flutter side project

Reading this made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God. No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion. We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other. Numerous countries all

Visuap Basic, did it in class back in 2008 and never used it as C# was spreading when I hit the market.

@libsoftiktok These people are sick and evil 🫤

Being an actual software engineer