Saving Christmas with PowerShell: Building a Reusable Matching Algorithm

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Saving Christmas with PowerShell: Building a Reusable Matching Algorithm

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Saving Christmas with PowerShell: Building a Reusable Matching Algorithm

This video isn’t just “here’s a script.” It walks step-by-step through the whole evolution of the solution:

Start with a naive random shuffle
Add constraints and filtering
Introduce backtracking when things get messy
Turn it all into a clean, reusable function

The end result is a robust matching engine you can adapt for scheduling, load balancing, on-call rotations, pairing systems, etc.

Watch: https://youtu.be/4uwQh6Nap5M
Code: https://www.dowst.dev/?p=3971

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