Compared to last year: I moved from Python to Rust, VSCode to neovim, and having no work or social life to having some. I suspect the latter is the primary reason I only got to day 14 this year.

That said, it is definitely easier, by a mile, to throw away an approach that turns out to be faulty in Python, which means it's easier to try it in the first place. It's easier to simply write down the approach and figure out the implementation when you need to as well.

Interested in getting more out of vim, so far I'm quicker for some things, but I'm not convinced I'm quicker overall.