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Advent of Code 2021

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mafinar

Advent of Code 2021

Hello folks! We had a pretty fun thread here around the same time last year - talking about Advent of Code problems. That also happened to be the first (and only so far) year I solved all Advent of Code problems on time and did not lazy myself out of it.

So, it is still a few days more to go, but wanted to open up a thread on it again and bring back the friends, old and new to tackle the puzzles in a language (or more) of choice!

I’ll be doing some “warm-up” exercises when I have some time and start a conversation around them early on.

Looking forward to December 1 and talking with y’all!

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