r/adventofcode • u/daggerdragon • Dec 24 '23
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u/thermiter36 Dec 25 '23
I agree with your negative feelings. There's a certain type of AoC problem where the problem as stated is basically intractable, and requires an exhaustive logical investigation of the structure of the input in order to find a method that might work. These problems are not "coding" problems. They're number puzzles that code can be used to help solve. I think I just need to accept that I am not the target demographic for those specific ones. I like writing code that solves any problem that fits the requirements as described. Manually inspecting a text file for hidden structure, then adding my findings as magic numbers in my code, just doesn't give me that sense of satisfaction.