Advent of Code is a yearly programming challenge that releases a pair of problems every day in December leading up to Christmas. It’s a good excuse to do a different type of thinking than you typically encounter doing software development, and at work we have a competition with prizes for those who finish a certain number of problems. Last year, I decided to the the challenge in Elixir, and, while I didn’t finish (it was a crazy time at work), I really enjoyed the opportunity to try out a language I was interested in but had no real other opportunity to use.