Every December I join a few local programmers in a #puzzles slack channel, sharing ideas and working collaboratively on Advent of Code. Advent of Code is a free programming competition/celebration run from Dec 1 - 25. There is a scoreboard, and there is a real competition to get the earliest solutions… but I get so much benefit out of it without ever hitting the scoreboard. It's a wonderful tool for learning the craft and skills of programming, no matter what your level. Things I love about i...

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