Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Jan 30, 2023Base58 - What Is it? Why Use It?As programmers, we are familiar with using numbers in different bases. We know about the binary, or base 2 system, that underlies our hardware. We are also usually aware of hexadecimal, or base 16, numbers because they are ubiquitous in many areas of...Discuss·10 likes·3.4K readsRust
Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Dec 15, 2022Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 1Welcome to my Advent of Code adventure for 2022! This year, I am going to solve the Advent of Code challenges using three different languages - Ruby, Crystal, and Rust. The goal is not to golf for the most terse answer in each language, but rather to...Discuss·3 likes·195 readsRuby
Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Dec 16, 2022Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 2Welcome to the second day of Advent of Code for 2022! The Elves have been busy setting up camp on the beach, but there are decisions to be made, and the Elves, who always seem to want to do things the hard way, have a plan - Rock Paper Scissors. The ...Discuss·3 likes·133 readsRuby
Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Jan 30, 2023Base58 - What Is it? Why Use It?As programmers, we are familiar with using numbers in different bases. We know about the binary, or base 2 system, that underlies our hardware. We are also usually aware of hexadecimal, or base 16, numbers because they are ubiquitous in many areas of...Discuss·10 likes·3.4K readsRust
Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Jan 12, 2023Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 7Day 7 finds us still working with that pesky communication device. For today's task, though, all that we have to do is to analyze its filesystem. No worries, right? Let's see! Can pattern matching come to the rescue? The Repository All of the code fo...Discuss·1 like·116 readsRust
Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Jan 6, 2023Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 6Day 6 is a fun one. The task itself is very simple, but I took it as an opportunity to do some performance benchmarking and explore some of the nuances around how implementation affects performance. Read on for more details! The Repository All of the...Discuss·148 readscrystal
Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Jan 2, 2023Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 5Day 5's challenge was interesting less for the challenge itself, which can be implemented in a handful of lines, even in Rust, but rather for the mandatory precursor to all Advent of Code challenges -- the input data parsing. Today's input data is mo...Discuss·134 readsRust
Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Dec 28, 2022Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 4Day 4 takes an interesting turn with our Rust solutions. They are taking another shift towards architectural parity with the Ruby and Crystal solutions. Rust isn't object-oriented in the same way that those two languages are, but it does have object-...Discuss·101 readsRust
Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Dec 22, 2022Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 3The Elves are on a roll as they get ready to head into the jungle on day 3 of Advent of Code. As usual, though, they need some help. The Repository All of the code for this day's solutions, as well as the data input file, can be found at: https://git...Discuss·1 like·149 readsRust
Mario AriasforUncle Mario's ramblingsmarioarias.hashnode.net·Dec 21, 2022Comparing implementations of the Monkey Language X: An update on performance for Go, Kotlin, Crystal, Python and RubyPreviously In the last episode, we wrote a TypeScript implementation for the Monkey Language. Let's review some numbers, shall we? Since I started this series, most languages and runtimes have released new versions. On the other hand, I did some modi...Discuss·693 readsComparing implementations of the Monkey languageGo Language
Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Dec 16, 2022Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 2Welcome to the second day of Advent of Code for 2022! The Elves have been busy setting up camp on the beach, but there are decisions to be made, and the Elves, who always seem to want to do things the hard way, have a plan - Rock Paper Scissors. The ...Discuss·3 likes·133 readsRuby
Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Dec 15, 2022Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 1Welcome to my Advent of Code adventure for 2022! This year, I am going to solve the Advent of Code challenges using three different languages - Ruby, Crystal, and Rust. The goal is not to golf for the most terse answer in each language, but rather to...Discuss·3 likes·195 readsRuby
Kirk HainesforKirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.net·Dec 13, 2022Let's Learn RustIn my professional career of more than 30 years, I have learned and used a litany of programming languages too numerous to reasonably list. Throughout that history, I have tended to learn languages in a similar manner. Typically, I read enough to sta...Discuss·1 like·93 readsRust
