I had a lot of fun yesterday evening competing in the 11th edition of the #battledev competition. I hadn't taken part before, but decided it might be worth checking out what competitions happen beyond Ireland's shores, and a French friend recommended this one. The competition
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The Irish Collegiate Programming Contest (IrlCPC) is an annual programming competition hosted in University College Cork. I have attended the IrlCPC before, finishing second in 2016 and third in 2017, delighted both times. This year, there were seven problems on the list, roughly arranged in
Continue ReadingThis week I took part in the HackTrinity CTF. It was my first CTF, but by the end of the week I managed to get all the flags. I think I may have been the second person to do it :) Following is my solutions to
Continue ReadingKattis is an online programming problem archive that gives you points for each problem you solve in relation to how difficult the problem is. It then aggregates the total points of people within a university, and within a country, based on an adjusted sum of
Continue ReadingThe Irish Collegiate Programming Contest (IrlCPC) 2017 was held on Saturday, 25th of March, in sunny University College Cork. I was competing with two of my housemates, Cian Ruane, and Ross O'Sullivan. Myself, Cian Ruane, and Stefan Kennedy came 2nd place at the IrlCPC last
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