Project-Euler on Jim Diroff II

365 Days of Code - Day 033

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Project Status

Going to start including the project status table moving forward. This should help better track progress over the year.

Project	Language	Status	Due Date	Latest Update
Personal Website	Hugo	Ongoing	None	The site is live. There are some TODOs. Need to work on categorization, tagging, and layout improvements.
Laravel From Scratch	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Episode 8
PRM	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Working alongside other Laravel projects.
Client Website (J.L.)	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Working alongside other Laravel projects.
Project Euler	C	Ongoing	None	Working on P25. BigInt (AI gen) was a waste of time, need to rewrite
Practice Java	Java	Paused	None	Installed, need to find a good project.
Practice Python	Python	Paused	None	Installed, need to find a good project.
Learn Go	Go	Paused	None	Installed, work on LDAP Injector from ippsec.
Learn Rust	Rust	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, need a good tutorial project.
Learn Elixir	Elixir	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, need a good tutorial project.
Learn Haskell	Haskell	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, need a good tutorial project.
Linux+	N/A	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 4.
Cyber Quest 2026	N/A	In-Progress	2026-02-28	Finished quiz 1 with 75%. Need to work on ARP poisoning and timestamp adjustments in WireShark.
Operating Systems	N/A	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 4: Abstraction
Grey-Hat Hacking	Various	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 8: Threat Hunting Lab
PHP Time Tracker	PHP	Beta Finished	None	Working on a basic level. Could use a couple more updates to make it fully functional.
HTTP Status Code Reader	C	Complete	2026-02-18	Complete. Could potentially upgrade for more advanced functions or follow redirects.
ZSH Configuration	bash/zsh	Complete	None	Sort of an ongoing process, but complete for now. Works good.
Network Protocols	C	In-Progress	None	IPv4 Datagram Header complete in C.

Project Euler… Thoughts on AI

I came back to Project Euler today, to complete the work on p25. It was about a week ago that I had ChatGPT generate a BigInt library for me to calculate extremely large numbers. I was able to one shot the package with ChatGPT, and the library and testing code worked fine with numbers that had 1000+ digits. It was a cool exercise, where I learned absolutely nothing. Furthermore, I came back to the problem today to try and use this new library to solve the Euler problem, and the code is useless. Not only do I have no true understanding of how the library works, but I can’t iterate on it without reaching back out to AI for help.

365 Days of Code - Day 025

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:01 -0500

I took some of the Laravel lessons from yesterday, and applied them to another project I’m working on for a client. I also got that project pushed up to Github into a private repository. It is definitely helpful to take the lessons from a tutorial and immediately apply them to other projects. I need to remember this when it comes to working on learning the other languages, such as Go, Rust and Haskell.

365 Days of Code - Day 022

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:01 -0500

I finished up Problem 20 (opens in a new tab) this morning. I went well beyond what was needed to find the solution, but this is all just practice. I tried to be as defensive as possible, validate everything, and provide options for alternative numbers. The program can run for factorial values well beyond 100!. Although, the program gets quite slow once you are into the really large factorials.

365 Days of Code - Day 021

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:01 -0500

3 straight weeks of “code,” or at least “code-adjacent” work. Longest streak yet. I feel a bit like Sam in Lord of the Rings (opens in a new tab).

This is it. If I take one more step, it’ll be the farthest way from home I’ve ever been.

Samwise Gamgee

So, what do we work on today? There is a plethora of opportunity. Let’s start by recapping some of what I have done (or started) so far:

365 Days of Code - Day 019

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Software can be crazy. I’m having the same issue from yesterday from Ubuntu. The issue is that my site is not rendering with the Hugo development server. I started poking a bit more at the problem, and found that both Chrome and Firefox were both working fine, but Firefox Dev Edition would not render the site. Specifically, the css file request never finishes. I ended up resetting Firefox Dev, and it appears to be working again. I’m still not sure exactly what the issue was, but my best guess is some type of caching issue. I always develop with Disable Cache enabled, but clearly something went wrong while requesting information from the site.

365 Days of Code - Day 016

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Site is live!

365 Days of Code - Day 014

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:01 -0500

More Project Euler.

365 Days of Code - Day 013

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:01 -0500

More Project Euler.

365 Days of Code - Day 012

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Blogging and fun with Project Euler!