tourbillion

2025-02-18

• Read thru the README on maelstrom
• Complete installation steps
  • Installed JDK using Open JDK
  • Installed graphviz using homebrew
  • Installed gnuplot using homebrew
  • Installed leiningen using homebrew
  • Cloned the maelstrom repo
  • Note: Need to run lein run to execute the malestrom test harness (i.e. should maybe alias ./maelstrom to lein)
  • Installed ruby using homebrew to avoid using a version manager (watch this space!)

2025-02-19

• Choose the right ruby version to run on the mac
• Revisit what’s going on with the maelstrom setup and refresh brain on it
• Start maelstrom chapter 2
• Understand what this means: Multithreaded access means we need a lock–preferably re-entrant–to protect our IO operations, assigning messages, and so on.

• Installed asdf using brew for managing ruby versions
• Installing ruby using asdf following the mac install guide – this guide was not helpful so ended up going down the official path
• Installed golang using asdf
• Completed maelstrom chapter 2 in ruby!
• TODO: Make the maelstrom run script nicer to be able to correctly parse the file and send the right file without having to specify the whole path