Monthly Archives: October 2021

Competitive programming in Haskell: BFS, part 3 (implementation via HashMap)

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Brent

In a previous post, I showed how we can solve Modulo Solitaire (and hopefully other BFS problems as well) using a certain API for BFS, and we also explored some alternatives. I had a very interesting discussion with Andrey Mokhov … Continue reading →

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Competitive programming in Haskell: BFS, part 2 (alternative APIs)

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Brent

In my last post, I showed how we can solve Modulo Solitaire (and hopefully other BFS problems as well) using a certain API for BFS, which returns two functions: one, level :: v -> Maybe Int, gives the level (i.e. … Continue reading →

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Competitive programming in Haskell: BFS, part 1

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Brent

In a previous post, I challenged you to solve Modulo Solitaire. In this problem, we are given a starting number and are trying to reach in as few moves as possible. At each move, we may pick one of up … Continue reading →

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Swarm: a lot can happen in a week

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Brent

It’s been about a week since I put out an announcement and call for collaboration on a new game, Swarm. Since then, the response has been fantastic: lots of people have tried it out, a few have even streamed themselves … Continue reading →

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