2025’s ‘Advent of Code’ Event Chooses Tradition Over AI

Are you ready to code? Today, programmers around the world start counting the hours until Dec. 1, and 2025’s annual “Advent of Code” event.

And this year there’s something new — it’s the first year with some very big changes. After 10 years of tantalizing coders with 25 two-part puzzles each year, event creator Eric Wastl explained what’s changing — and why — in a short, succinct announcement in October.

But what’s equally significant is how the community reacted.

anyone up for doing Advent of Code in OCaml this year?…