“Christmas is a time for joy, good-will and over-engineering. For far too long, yuletide present-givers have struggled with non-optimal Secret Santa drawings.”

Tonight, Tuesday 28th July 2015, I will be giving a short-ish talk to the Sydney Alt.Net meetup.

My speciality subject will be using a constraint satisfaction problem solver to help (over) optimise a secret santa draw.

RSVP from the Sydney Alt.Net webpage

Talk resources

• Slides
• Test data diagram
• Secret Santa CSP code on Github

References

• Google or-tools
• C# examples for Google or-tools
• Introduction to Google or-tools C# interface

“Christmas is a time for joy, good-will and over-engineering. For far too long, yuletide present-givers have struggled with non-optimal Secret Santa drawings.”

Next Tuesday night (28th July 2015), I will be giving a short-ish talk to the Sydney Alt.Net meetup. My speciality subject will be using a constraint satisfaction problem solver to help (over) optimise a secret santa draw.

Also speaking is wonderfully engaging Aaron Powell on the Internet Explorer usurper, Microsoft Edge.

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“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

Welcome to my little blog. Coding and tech, hopefully presented wisely and with a touch of whimsy.