Trying a few final approaches to get one last speed boost
2020-09-12 // 11 min read // #rust
“Well here we are again, it’s always such a pleasure”
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been building a solver for the puzzle game Golf Peaks and improving its performance over the course of a few blog posts. Given I’ve still got a few final ideas I’d like to try, how about one last writeup?
Now that it's working, make it work fast!
2020-09-05 // 23 min read // #python #rust
Previously, I wrote about a solver I’d built for the puzzle game Golf Peaks. In closing, I had a few ideas on how it could be sped up and improved. Over the last few days, I’ve been trying some of these ideas out, and measuring the results!
A retrospective on a recent weekend project
2020-08-28 // 14 min read // #applescript #python #rust
Recently I played Golf Peaks, a golf-based puzzler from Afterburn Games. I really enjoyed completing all of its levels, so last week I decided to try my hand at building a solver for it.
