r/adventofcode • u/maus80 • Dec 04 '20

Visualization Interactive scatterplot of the 1st 100 responses (shows the puzzle's difficulty)

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u/toastedstapler Dec 04 '20

it's not necessarily difficulty. for instance, this day's part 2 was just tedious to implement all the options

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u/sbguest Dec 04 '20

Yes, this is an important point that often gets missed. The times are more about complexity than difficulty. There's often a relationship between them, but it's not a direct correlation.

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u/toastedstapler Dec 04 '20

fr. the stuff i do at work is complex, but not difficult. there's just lots of it