I will participate and goal is to enjoy the challenges and learn about computer science concepts
And perhaps use some Clojure capabilities I’m not using as much yet
I am struggling with whether to participate this year... I'm in the middle of an intense personal side-project, and starting a MSCS program in January. I'll almost certainly have to skip AoC the next two years, so passing on it this year is hard to consider.
aoc starts me going in the morning. the trick is to stop when puzzles start to take more time and attention than you can afford to spare.