diff --git a/2024/11/solution.nix b/2024/11/solution.nix
index ccc3769..4411e38 100644
--- a/2024/11/solution.nix
+++ b/2024/11/solution.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   inherit (lib.strings) toIntBase10;
 in input: rec {
 
+  sum = foldl' add 0;
+
   blinkStone = stone: count:
     if toIntBase10 stone == 0 then [{ "1" = count; }]
     else let
@@ -21,19 +23,17 @@ in input: rec {
   ;
 
   bfast = stones: stones
-    |> (builtins.mapAttrs (stone: blinkStone stone))
+    |> builtins.mapAttrs blinkStone
     |> attrValues
     |> concatLists
-    |> addStones
+    |> builtins.zipAttrsWith (stone: sum)
   ;
 
   bfastt = times: stones:
-    if times == 0 then stones |> attrValues |> foldl' add 0
+    if times == 0 then stones |> attrValues |> sum
     else bfastt (times - 1) (bfast stones)
   ;
 
-  addStones = builtins.zipAttrsWith (stone: foldl' add 0);
-
   initialStones = input
     |> lib.trim
     |> lib.splitString " "
diff --git a/2024/12/example.txt b/2024/12/example.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b41163a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024/12/example.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+AAAA
+BBCD
+BBCC
+EEEC
diff --git a/2024/12/example2.txt b/2024/12/example2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50a7304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024/12/example2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+OOOOO
+OXOXO
+OOOOO
+OXOXO
+OOOOO
diff --git a/2024/12/example3.txt b/2024/12/example3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85b768f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024/12/example3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+RRRRIICCFF
+RRRRIICCCF
+VVRRRCCFFF
+VVRCCCJFFF
+VVVVCJJCFE
+VVIVCCJJEE
+VVIIICJJEE
+MIIIIIJJEE
+MIIISIJEEE
+MMMISSJEEE
diff --git a/2024/12/example4.txt b/2024/12/example4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5818d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024/12/example4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+EEEEE
+EXXXX
+EEEEE
+EXXXX
+EEEEE
diff --git a/2024/12/example5.txt b/2024/12/example5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7cd38f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024/12/example5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+AAAAAA
+AAABBA
+AAABBA
+ABBAAA
+ABBAAA
+AAAAAA
diff --git a/2024/12/solution.js b/2024/12/solution.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e34a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024/12/solution.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+const input = (await Bun.file(Bun.argv[2]).text()).trim()
+
+let map = input.split("\n")
+
+const dirs = [[-1,0], [1,0], [0, -1], [0, 1]];
+const height = map.length;
+const width = height;
+
+const key = (x,y) => x + y*width;
+const visited = new Set();
+
+function search(x,y) {
+  if (visited.has(key(x,y))) {
+    return {area: 0, perimeter: 0}
+  }
+  visited.add(key(x,y))
+  const letter = map[y][x]
+  let perimeter = 0
+  let area = 1
+  for (const [dx, dy] of dirs) {
+    const nletter = map[y + dy]?.[x + dx];
+    if (letter !== nletter) {
+      perimeter += 1
+      continue
+    }
+    const n = search(x + dx, y + dy)
+    area += n.area
+    perimeter += n.perimeter
+  }
+
+  return {area, perimeter}
+}
+
+const regions = [];
+
+for (let y = 0; y < height; y++) {
+  for (let x = 0; x < width; x++) {
+    if (visited.has(key(x,y))) continue
+    regions.push(search(x,y))
+  }
+}
+
+let cost = 0
+for (const {area, perimeter} of regions) {
+  cost += area * perimeter
+}
+console.log(cost)
+
+
diff --git a/2024/12/solution2.js b/2024/12/solution2.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65d71f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024/12/solution2.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+
+const input = (await Bun.file(Bun.argv[2]).text()).trim()
+
+let map = input.split("\n")
+
+const dirs = [[-1,0], [0,-1], [1,0], [0, 1]];
+const height = map.length;
+const width = height;
+
+const key = (x,y) => x + y*width;
+const vkey = (x,y) => y + x*height;
+const visited = new Set();
+
+function search(x,y) {
+  if (visited.has(key(x,y))) {
+    return {area: 0, hsides: new Set()}
+  }
+  visited.add(key(x,y))
+  const letter = map[y][x]
+  let area = 1
+  let hsides = new Set()
+  for (const [dx, dy] of dirs) {
+    const nletter = map[y + dy]?.[x + dx];
+    if (letter !== nletter) {
+      if (dx === 0) {
+        hsides.add({y: y+dy/2, key: key(x,y)})
+      }
+      continue
+    }
+    const n = search(x + dx, y + dy)
+    area += n.area
+    hsides = hsides.union(n.hsides)
+  }
+
+  return {area, hsides}
+}
+
+const regions = [];
+
+for (let y = 0; y < height; y++) {
+  for (let x = 0; x < width; x++) {
+    if (visited.has(key(x,y))) continue
+    regions.push(search(x,y))
+  }
+}
+
+
+let cost = 0;
+for (const {area, hsides} of regions) {
+  // hacky filter of all perimeter nodes to extract adjacent
+  const horizontal = Array.from(hsides)
+    .sort((a, b) => a.key - b.key)
+    .sort((a, b) => a.y - b.y)
+    .filter(({y, key}, i, a) => a[i-1]?.key + 1 !== key || a[i-1]?.y !== y)
+    .length
+
+  // there's always an equal amount of horizontal and vertical sides
+  cost += area * (horizontal * 2)
+}
+
+console.log(cost)
+
+