My solutions for the Advent of Code 2024 puzzles, in Rust

Usage

1. The application expects your input files to be in the ./input/2024 directory. Each file must be named according to the day number: 01.txt, .. 25.txt.
2. There is only one binary to compile, that invokes all the daily puzzles in sequence (see ./src/main.rs )

Performance

I focus on code readability and usability first, instead of seeking for performance at all cost. As such, this code is well documented and should be very understandable. Here are the results I get to solve the two parts of the problems:

All benchmarks are run on an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, single thread

2024

Day	Puzzle	Code	Perf. (ms)
01	Historian Hysteria	day_01.rs	0.166
02	Red-Nosed Reports	day_02.rs	0.280
03	Mull It Over	day_03.rs	0.097
04	Ceres Search Hysteria	day_04.rs	0.288
05	Print Queue	day_05.rs	2.692
06	Guard Gallivant	day_06.rs	82.10
07	Bridge Repair	day_07.rs	18.79
08	Resonant Collinearity	day_08.rs	0.102
09	Disk Fragmenter	day_09.rs	6.279
10	Hoof It	day_10.rs	0.908
11	Plutonian Pebbles	day_11.rs	15.22
12	Garden Groups	day_12.rs	2.188
13	Claw Contraption	day_13.rs	1.945
14	Restroom Redoubt	day_14.rs	32.29
15	Warehouse Woes	day_15.rs	1.751
16	Reindeer Maze	day_16.rs	10.20
17	Chronospatial Computer	day_17.rs	0.079
18	RAM Run	day_18.rs	6.627
19	Linen Layout	day_19.rs	21.81
20	Race Condition	day_20.rs	54.94
21	Keypad Conundrum	day_21.rs	0.171
22	Monkey Market	day_22.rs	332.7
23	LAN Party	day_23.rs	6.377
24	Crossed Wires	day_24.rs	0.328
25	Code Chronicle	day_25.rs	0.272