In December of 2022 the three of us, Ben, Josh, and Kyle, stumbled upon the Advent of Code project. By the end of Decmber, half of our team was working through the daily challenges and Advent of Code was a hot topic at every lunch and happy hour. We discovered that everyone loved the opportunity for experimentation, creativity, and problem solving. Most importantly, Advent of Code gave all developers a shared experience regardless of team, project, or role.
In 2023 Josh and Ben joined other development teams in KC. This gives us an opportunity to share Advent of Code with more developers and companies across KC. We hope that this shared experience brings you the same joy, comradere, (and sometimes frustration) that it does for us.
The Advent of Code project is a yearly collection of coding puzzles released daily from Dec 1st through the 25th. Each new puzzle includes a short story and description of the problem to solve, as well as a simplified example including sample input and a correct result. Each new puzzle also includes unique input for each participating developer, making all results unique. Developers then create a program to generate their unique result, which is provided to the Advent of Code website. A successful result unlocks a bonus problem for the day. As the days progress the problems get harder. Expect the effort and complexity of the solutions to increase!
- For more info, see: Advent of Code - About
- For puzzle examples, see: Advent of Code - 2022
There are two types of prizes; Raffle and Judged.
Raffle prizes drawn December 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th, and Jan 1st. Each completed puzzle phase counts as an entry for each drawing. A participant's number of entries is calculated at the time of the drawing.
Judged prizes will be awarded Jan 1st based on categories:
- TBD
| Date | Prizes | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 12/4 | $25 Amazon Gift Card | Jared Wright |
| $25 Amazon Gift Card | engineerjake | |
| $25 Amazon Gift Card | baubry | |
| $25 Amazon Gift Card | rflctvEQ | |
| 12/11 | ||
| 12/18 | ||
| 12/25 | ||
| 01/01 |
This competition is invite only. If you currently work for, or have a few degrees of separation from, a KC technology company then you are invited.
- Sign up for Advent of Code here: https://adventofcode.com/2023/auth/login
- Contact Ben, Josh, or Kyle to get your Discord and Advent of Code Leaderboard invites.
- Join the KC Dev Crew Discord and Leaderboard
- From December 1st through 25th solve the daily puzzle. Remember, the puzzle AND the bonus each count as a drawing entry.
- Please consider submitting your solutions to this repo! For more information see CODE_SUBMISSIONS.md
- Check on Discord for puzzle discussion and drawing winners.
- Come to India Palace at 11:30 on Fridays for Advent of Code discussion.
- You must submit code to win judged prizes.
- You must submit your own code.
- If you are experimenting with AI to generate code, please use a non-competition account.
- It's OK to copy solutions. It's NOT OK to copy code. Some of the puzzles require tricks or non-obvious algorithms to solve them. We encourage collaborating identifying HOW to solve the problem, just don't go copy someone elses code please.
- You can only win one of each type of prize for each drawing.
- If we draw for two of prize A and two of prize B on the same day, you are only eligible to win one A and one B.