# Advent of Code 2025 ## Introduction This is mostly so I can keep notes on my progress, in single markdown format so I can easily add it to my Silverbullet journal afterwards. ## Lessons from first day 1. Read! Oh that brain of mine, skipping half the things and missing things like count clicks not end point dial 2. Setup a proper test, make a smaller input test that you know the answer to to check the code ## Lessons second day 1. More git commits! 2. Clear history so you don't accidentally cp day1 to day2 during testing. (Undo FTW) 3. Put the central check (Serial Valid/Invalid) in a function so it's easy to add self checks in the beginning ## Lessons third day 1. Can't win em all ## Lessons fourth day 1. Need about an hour to do both, but also speeding up