Protohackers was cool because, unlike Advent of Code, the problems seem to have less focus on "can you recognize which classic CS algorithm this is" followed by implementating them with a gotcha.
The best AOC challenges were the ones that had nothing to do with yet another Djikstras or depth first search. Protohackers is almost entirely that.
I really enjoyed the protohackers stuff. The specs are just vague enough to warrant a bit of reverse engineering (ok, I probably did curse this fact out once or twice), just complex enough to be interesting. Recommended. (Psst, try it in Elixir.)
I <3 Protohackers, and I'm being way behind the challenges, good reminder to pick them up again for some real-world experience...
Nice to see the Rust angle here, coming from Python I'm also trying to pick up that a lot more these days, and it's just quite a different mindset that needs more anchoring in real world use, like here, to stick.
The best AOC challenges were the ones that had nothing to do with yet another Djikstras or depth first search. Protohackers is almost entirely that.