On related news. The Android/Kotlin programming experience wasn't the best so far.

The beginner tutorials worked and where fun but I don't have time to follow that slow route.

More vibe coding experience:

1. Trying to use firebase studio:
It was not capable of doing what I wanted. It was also not able to tell me that it is not capable of doing what I want.

My Samsung tablet got a new UI and I am once again transformed into a grumpy old man who hates new things.

I tried to do some vibe coding today and nothing worked.
I don't know why nothing worked. Neither ChatGPT nor Copilot can explain it to me.
Frustrating experience - would not recommend.
Tomorrow I'll do it the "old fashioned" way and look up a tutorial or ask for help.

A typo and autocorrect almost made it into "reassure seasons" and I like that sentence.

How did/do people measure seasons? How do we know the exact date spring starts and what does that even mean?

Finally finished day 5. I know I could/should have used some efficient sorting algorithm, but I decided to go with the first easy solution that worked with my code from part 1. This way I had change around 5 lines of code. #AdventOfCode

The ibm page on loss function translated log_e with Protokoll_e. Good to know that the page was not translated by a person.

I need to explain Loss functions for a class, and I am wondering… Should I put in a reference to the loss comic?

I've completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4

Probably the last one I can do this week.

I forgot to return one of my counters and the randomly assigned value was only off by one.
But my logic worked (besides those bugs). Easier than expected.

I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3

Honestly, I have no idea why it worked in the end.
How the getc() function works is still a mystery to me.

I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2

After puzzle 1: The code is ugly. I should separate the concerns more. Nah don't need it.

puzzle 2: Alright I'll do it.

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Not claiming I solved it in an efficient way, but I solved it!

I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1

It took me a couple of hours to complete day 1 puzzle 1 of #AdventOfCode. Doing it in C is even more difficult than I expected. I am exhausted.
Changing the code for puzzle 2 should not be too complicated (I hope).

(int) pow(10, 2) equals 99
I am not enjoying myself right now.

Half of it works.
I think I know how to fix it.
The other half works.
Only the other half.
I think I know how to fix it.
Nothing works.
I ask ChatGPT.
Nothing works.

No progress made in three hours. (Besides learning a bit about C)

First steps in learning developing for an embedded system and boy... I did not need hardware as a new layer to debug.
Doesn't help that those are also my first steps in C.