I’ve been flipping between Rust and Clojure last few years. I think my plan this year is to give either gleam or pony a shot.

I’ve often advised people that are both new-ish to programming and want to learn a new language through AoC to solve the problem in the language they are most familiar with and then go back and solve it with the new language. It takes the pressure off solving the puzzle and lets you focus on the language.