Happy New Year everyone! In this video I start on the PostCast* app, and this video turned out to be an hour of getting Go and Fyne set up. I’ve never used Go before, so it was a learning curve but not too bad.
Do you have any suggestions for improving my setup? If so, let me know. I’m sure I got something wrong and/or something could be improved.
[Read More]It took me two videos and over 2 hours, but I finally solved the Day 1 - Part 2 Advent of Code 2025 challenge! I wonder if I’m that is the slowest time on record? At least the slowest time anyone would admit too.
Apparently solving Advent of Code problems is not my strong suite. They remind me of university assignments which I never really liked and is a big reason for not perusing a Master’s or PhD. Hopefully someone will just give me an honorary Master’s or PhD one day.
[Read More]The hosts of Weekly Dev Chat are pleased to announce we will be hosting Advent of Code/Cyber. Come join us in real life on December 18 at Strathcona Public Library. We’ll be participating in Advent of Code and Advent of Cyber. Bring your laptop and come join the fun!
See here for more details and registration.
In this episode I explain how I previously solved Day 1 - Part 1 of the Advent of Code 2025 problem. I then proceed to fail to solve part 2, though I think I was close. I got stuck in the “keep trying random stuff” mindset instead of sitting back and thinking about the problem. A problem that is magnified when I’m recording as I have to think and talk at the same time.
[Read More]Part 2 of the Lock machine. I was able to capture both the user and system flags with the help of the walkthrough. My biggest learning was with the MSI Installer bug where you can use the installer repair action to elevate yourself from Guest to System Administrator.
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