Day 22: Monkey Market
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Haha, same! Mine runs in a bit under 4s compiled, but uses a similar 100M-ish peak. Looks like we used the same method.
Maybe iterate all the secrets in parallel, and keep a running note of the best sequences so far? I’m not sure how you’d decide when to throw away old candidates, though. Sequences might match one buyer early and another really late.