Advent of Code 2021 Day 14 (BaseA Style)
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My computer definitely hates me for brute forcing part 2.
Macro:
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@bflick your computer might hate you, but it's clearly faster than my computer. Brute force might take me until Christmas at this rate...
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Agreed, @NicoleJohnson! I've realized the hard way that exponentially increasing records process exponentially slower, even in Alteryx. This reminded me suspiciously of trying to brute force one of the previous day's challenges, so I stopped and redesigned my macro instead.
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@NicoleJohnson I'm currently at iteration 25 and forecast that it will complete in December 2026!
Time to refactor for a solution.
Check out my collaboration with fellow ACE Joshua Burkhow at AlterTricks.com
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I was happy with how mine turned out, especially my macro.
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Also tried to brute force part 2 for a while, then opted for some counting too. Keen to see how other people "counted".
and the iterative:
