Tools in My Toolbox

One of the most important skills I believe programmers need is to understand when to use certain tools. My typical process for solving a problem is to go through each tool in my toolbox and see which one would solve … Read the rest

Advent of Code: Day 3

Day 3’s problem was an interesting one. We are given two wires and have to find the point where the two wires intersect that’s closest to the origin. As usual, we’ll approach this problem in two steps. First we’ll parse … Read the rest