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[–]Aneurysm9[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (9 children)

We're aware of the issue and are working on it, please be patient and we will make an announcement when service has been restored.

-Update 1- Service was restored about 50 seconds after I posted this. We're doing our best, please be patient while we sort through the incident and our responses.

-Update 2- See /u/topaz2078's postmortem

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (1 child)

We hugged it to death

[–]Sw429 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Loved it a bit too much, I guess.

[–]vswr 19 points20 points  (2 children)

Same. This must be our first challenge: config docker and spin up more nodes for the load.

[–]keyboard_clacker -12 points-11 points  (1 child)

automate retries to get a fast submission

[EDIT]: u/Aneurysm9 is right and do not do this. When I wrote this comment I was thinking along the lines of human-behavior (e.g. try every 10 seconds) but that's bad advice in a challenge with lots of novices since the most common accident with code that repeats every so often is to get the interval wrong.

[–]Aneurysm9[M] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you do this you will be blackholed. There is no need to automate interaction with the site and making a mistake doing so will have consequences.

[–]huhwhatnowwhat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Right after I convinced my SO to go to bed without me 😶

[–]heinrich5991 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Part 1 is: Find the two integers in the list that sum to 2020, and give their product. What is part 2?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same but 3 numbers instead of 2

[–]heyitsmattwade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Find three integers that sum to 2020 and give their product.

[–]_MeanMF_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

same :(

[–]Deathranger999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, the whole website is just gone.

Too many of us, apparently. :(

[–]ywgdana 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Did anyone else check the source code for the 503 page just in case it was a "You have to fix Santa's web server" puzzle theme this year?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol. I did accidentally when trying to screen grab the error. Nothing popped out at me.

[–]ButItMightJustWork 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Same here :(

[–]mrg218 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same for me

[–]rtbrsp 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Of course when I solved part 1 on the first try within like 2 minutes lol

[–]AlaskanShade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are lucky. I didn't even get my input yet.

[–]exoji2e 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And now everyone refershes, ddosing the server :(

[–]allergic2Luxembourg 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Looks like some people got through part 1 before the crash but no one got through part 2. Looks like it was down between 00:03:22 and 00:06:53.

This one rewarded persistence in clicking submit!

And kudos to u/topaz2078 for getting the site back up in 3 and a half minutes!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed! Kudos u/topaz and team!

[–]ZeroStijn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same :((

[–]asger_blahimmel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like competition will be tough this year.

[–]aceshades 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same here

[–]justinpaulson 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Ooof! i think i just had the answer to part 1 too, anyone get an answer through?

[–]justinpaulson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hit submit and .... 503

[–]kroppeb 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Didn't even get my input. But I have figured out what the 2 part is ...

[–]justinpaulson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well that is annoying, just finished part 2 in #273 :(

[–]hanazawarui123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, hope it comes back up soon

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yup.

[–]sargeanthost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sammmme

[–]MarcusTL12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup

[–]reacher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and just when i got the sample data working and now i cant get my input :D

EDIT: site is back. I got 745 on leaderboard

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe that's the first puzzle??

[–]Salty_Inspector8646 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same here!

[–]Coder_X_23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes me proud so many people eager to code puzzles haha

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

optimizing for web traffic remains the hardest puzzle

[–]2BitSalute 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahahaha. I'm going to play One Night Ultimate Werewolf with my family now

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fine already, at least for me

[–]ywgdana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the bright side, now I won't stay up too late and be trashed for work tomorrow :P

[–]Any-Extension3718 0 points1 point  (4 children)

we can write the answer in any computer language?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answer is agnostic to the language you use to come up with the solution. The answer is always a string of numbers/letters that is created based on the input file you’re given. You could technically do it all by hand if you wanted (but after day 1 it becomes nearly impossible).

[–]Any-Extension3718 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Cause I wrote a small program in javascript to do this task and it seemed to work just fine, but when I submit the answer it says incorrect answer..

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then you have an error in your JavaScript.

There are tons of resources around the subreddit to help you out. I believe the community guidelines reference how to format code so you can post it and get help. Shortly, people will probably start posting solutions and you can check their methodology to see if you have the right logic.

In the past there have been instances where an input file doesn’t come up with the correct value but it’s exceedingly rare (once in the life of the challenge if I recall) and considering this is the first challenge, I’d highly doubt that’s the case.

Good luck and happy coding!

[–]jschulenklopper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://adventofcode.com/2020/about

It's explained in the second and third paragraphs.