Hello, friends!

[ericwastl@hachyderm.io]

Hello, friends! After 10(!) years of #AdventOfCode, I've made some changes to preserve my sanity: there will be 12 days of puzzles each December (still starting Dec 1) and there is no longer a global leaderboard. Read more:
https://adventofcode.com/2025/about#faq_num_days
https://adventofcode.com/2025/about#faq_leaderboard

[riffraff@mastodon.social]

@ericwastl sounds reasonable, you shouldn't get burned out by this.

Also, maybe this will be the year I manage to actually finish all days :)

Although I feel a puzzle every 2 days might be better from the solver point of view, but that's just me.

Thanks for the AoC!

[hamatti@mastodon.world]

@riffraff @ericwastl The nice thing with Advent of Code is that one can solve the puzzles at their own pace so even if they are released daily, you can still solve them every other day.

[riffraff@mastodon.social]

@hamatti @ericwastl true, but my experience is that if I don't do it on the day then I never do it again, cause my focus has shifted.
I still have "complete Intcode" somewhere in my to-do list 😅
That's just me tho, I'm aware everyone tackles AoC differently

[ednl@mastodon.social]

@riffraff @hamatti @ericwastl That's one aspect I can relate to. Something else is: to me half the fun is the daily posts and banter at /r/adventofcode. That wouldn't work well with a self-imposed delay.