Advent of Code is an annual programming challenge. Every night at midnight EST from December 1st through 25th, a new problem is posted to the website, along with a participant-specific input file. Participants can use any programming language they want to solve the problem, using their input, and see if the output of their program matches the ( Read more... )

Each December for the past several years, Advent of Code has presented a series of 25 daily programming challenge, with each problem adding to a Christmas-themed narrative. I think I'd seen references to AoC in the past but hadn't paid it any mind. This year, my team at work is evaluating Kotlin for adoption in our Android Java codebase, so a ( Read more... )