Mechanical engineer · coder · curious builder · Ithaca, NY
Coding projects — 04
A collection of Python puzzles I keep returning to so I do not forget how to solve problems without immediately building a whole app around them.
The story so far
Each problem begins as a wall of text and eventually has to become working logic. That gap is the useful part. It makes me slow down, work out what is actually being asked, and stop blaming Python for doing exactly what I told it to do.
I use the 2025 set as a practice bank instead of treating it like an event I missed. Returning to the unsolved days keeps Python, debugging, and algorithmic thinking familiar. Also, calling it ongoing sounds much better than unfinished.
The repository is simply the running record: completed solutions, attempts that needed rethinking, and the next problems waiting for a free evening.
Follow the Advent of Code repositoryIn practice
Real captures from the working project, kept alongside the decisions and lessons behind it.
