Advent of Code: The Diaries by amanzini

Description

It was the Night Before Compile Time ...

Hackweek 25 (December 1-5) perfectly coincides with the first five days of Advent of Code 2025. This project will leverage this overlap to participate in the event in real-time.

To add a layer of challenge and exploration (in the true spirit of Hackweek), the puzzles will be solved using a non-mainstream, modern language like Ruby, D, Crystal, Gleam or Zig.

The primary project intent is not just simply to solve the puzzles, but to exercise result sharing and documentation. I'd create a public-facing repository documenting the process. This involves treating each day's puzzle as a mini-project: solving it, then documenting the solution with detailed write-ups, analysis of the language's performance and ergonomics, and visualizations.

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     |\ \| || / //||.*.*.*.|>>@<<*<<@>><0<<<
     |\\_|_|&&_// ||*.*.*.*|_\\db//_
     """"|'.'.'.|~~|.*.*.*|     ____|_
         |'.'.'.|   ^^^^^^|____|>>>>>>|
         ~~~~~~~~         '""""`------'
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This ASCII pic can be found at
https://asciiart.website/art/1831

Goals

Code, Docs, and Memes: An AoC Story

• Have fun!

• Involve more people, play together

• Solve Days 1-5: Successfully solve both parts of the Advent of Code 2025 puzzles for Days 1-5 using the chosen non-mainstream language.

• Daily Documentation & Language Review: Publish a detailed write-up for each day. This documentation will include the solution analysis, the chosen algorithm, and specific commentary on the language's ergonomics, performance, and standard library for the given task.

Try AI training with ROCm and LoRA by bmwiedemann

Description

I want to setup a Radeon RX 9600 XT 16 GB at home with ROCm on Slowroll.

Goals

I want to test how fast AI inference can get with the GPU and if I can use LoRA to re-train an existing free model for some task.

Resources

https://rocm.docs.amd.com/en/latest/compatibility/compatibility-matrix.html https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/science:GPU:ROCm https://src.opensuse.org/ROCm/