A little blog about what interest me as a software engineer, and as a human 😀
Hi there ! I'm Xavier Jouvenot and today we are continuing with the fourth Advent Of Code puzzle of the year 2022. 🌟 We are going to tackle the problem from the 4th December 2022, named "Camp Cleanup". The solution I will propose in c++, but the reasoning can be applied to other languages. Self… Lire la suite AOC 2022 Day 4: Camp Cleanup
Hi there ! I'm Xavier Jouvenot and today we are continuing with the third Advent Of Code puzzle of the year 2022. 🌟 We are going to tackle the problem from the 3rd December 2022 (as you guessed), named "Rucksack Reorganization". The solution I will propose in c++, but the reasoning can be applied to… Lire la suite AOC 2022 Day 3: Rucksack Reorganization
Hi there ! I'm Xavier Jouvenot and today we are continuing with the second Advent Of Code puzzle of the year 2022. 🦌 We are going to tackle the problem from the 2nd December 2022 (as expected), named "Rock Paper Scissors". The solution I will propose in c++, but the reasoning can be applied to… Lire la suite AOC 2022 Day 2: Rock Paper Scissors
Hi there ! I'm Xavier Jouvenot and today we are going to take a look at the first Advent Of Code puzzle of the year 🎄 (if you are from the future, you can not that the current year is 2022 😉). For this first "Advent Of Code" post of the year, we are going… Lire la suite AOC 2022 Day 1: Calorie Counting
Hello ! I'm Xavier Jouvenot and today, we are going to see why the std::clamp and std::ranges::clamp functions of the C++ standard are badly designed and how we can simply improve it. Self promotion: Here are a few social networks where you can follow me and check my work as a programmer and a writer… Lire la suite The clamp functions are badly designed
Hello ! I'm Xavier Jouvenot and today, I want to talk to you about a document I've just read. This document is named "10 Simple And Effective Productivity Hacks For Programmers", by Simple Programmer. This is a very small book composed of 14 pages (so really quick to read) detailing, as the title suggests, 10… Lire la suite Book review – 10 Simple And Effective Productivity Hacks For Programmers, by Simple Programmer
Hello ! I'm Xavier Jouvenot and this is my fourth blog post on Hashnode, and also the latest for the Writeathon "4 Articles in 4 Weeks"! And since the topics is free, I will tell you how I ended up creating my personal custom GitHub profile. Self promotion: Here are a few social networks where… Lire la suite How you can create an awesome GitHub profile
Hello ! I'm Xavier Jouvenot and this is my third blog post on Hashnode, and also the third for the Writeathon "4 Articles in 4 Weeks"! And this time, I chose the subject "I want to build [....] because [....]", so we are going to get personal talk about my personal goals, to get in… Lire la suite What I want to build and Why: My goals for 2022
Hello ! I'm Xavier Jouvenot and this is my second blog post on Hashnode, and also the second for the Writeathon "4 Articles in 4 Weeks"! And this time, I am even in advance compare to the last article, as this time, I still have 3 days before the deadline, instead of 3 hours 😆… Lire la suite The most helpful online tools/resources which made me improve as software engineer
Hello ! I'm Xavier Jouvenot and this is my first blog post on Hashnode. 🎉 Some of you may already know me from Dev.to or my personal website. I didn't know how to start blogging on this platform, and two hours ago, I encounter the article about the Writeathon "4 Articles in 4 Weeks", written… Lire la suite What made me want to becoming a software engineer?