<![CDATA[Azure and Lemon]]>https://blog.eddiesmith.netRSS for NodeSun, 17 May 2026 11:41:47 GMT60<![CDATA[Advent of Code 2024: Day 1]]>https://blog.eddiesmith.net/advent-of-code-2024-day-1https://blog.eddiesmith.net/advent-of-code-2024-day-1Sun, 01 Dec 2024 23:42:07 GMTStill undecided about whether I should use Python or Rust, I watched the creator on YouTube yesterday saying some people use Excel.

So today, on my run (now my favourite time to read a challenge and formulate a solution) I realised Day 1 can easily be solved in Excel.

These are the functions I used:

  • Text to columns

  • sort

  • \=max()

  • \=sum()

  • countif()

]]><![CDATA[Advent of Code 2021 day 1]]>https://blog.eddiesmith.net/advent-of-code-2021-day-1https://blog.eddiesmith.net/advent-of-code-2021-day-1Wed, 01 Dec 2021 23:50:30 GMTA good opener, with humour, to get the juices flowing. Hardest thing was recalling how to parse the input.

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