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I gave up after yesterdays' quirky A* assignment. [Advent of Code](https://adventofcode.com/) is an Advent calendar for programmers containing daily puzzle challenges in two parts. It was fun while it lasted, but my tight time constraints just can't deal with the increasing challenge as the calendar draws near Christmas Eve. I get stressed out if I miss a daily challenge: the thought of having to do two---or possibly, even more---in one day scares me. This, and the A* assignment that had me go round in circles for too long, just made me say _fuck it_.
I gave up after yesterday's quirky A* assignment. [Advent of Code](https://adventofcode.com/) is an Advent calendar for programmers containing daily puzzle challenges in two parts. It was fun while it lasted, but my tight time constraints just can't deal with the increasing challenge as the calendar draws near Christmas Eve. I get stressed out if I miss a daily challenge: the thought of having to do two---or possibly, even more---in one day scares me. This, and the A* assignment that had me go round in circles for too long, just made me say _fuck it_.
As I approached the challenges, I wondered whether or not this was also a good opportunity to learn a new scripting language. I guess the answer again depends on the amount of daily free time you have. In my case, fighting with syntax and not knowing the definitive eloquent way to approach something in an ecosystem that is relatively new to me just took too much time. After trying out Ruby a few times, I reverted back to JavaScript, as the assignments themselves were already challenging enough. For the curious, [my code repository is public](https://git.brainbaking.com/wgroeneveld/adventofcode).