Subj : Re: Advent of Code?
To   : tenser
From : Dr. What
Date : Tue Dec 10 2024 08:21 am

-=> tenser wrote to Dr. What <=-

 te> Yeah, I hear that.  I occasionally glance at some of the
 te> problems, but I don't think most of them are that interesting.
 te> If one seems cool, I'll have a look; mostly I've been prodded
 te> by people asking questions about specific challenges in
 te> other places. :-D

We all get our inspiration from different sources.  For me, the hardest part of
starting is deciding "what do I want to do?" and it has to be interesting
enough to want to dedicate the time/effort.

Things like Advent of Code strive to help people do that.

 te> I do think that programmers as a whole need to start doing
 te> etudes, which would be larger programming challenges, rather
 te> than smaller problems (the agile charlatans like to advocate
 te> "katas" which, I think, is entirely the wrong thing).

The School of Hard Knocks usually has the best teachers.


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