diff --git a/day08/sol.ivy b/day08/sol.ivy
index f63a4c5..3fc5d7e 100644
--- a/day08/sol.ivy
+++ b/day08/sol.ivy
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 sample = 5 5 rho 3 0 3 7 3 2 5 5 1 2 6 5 3 3 2 3 3 5 4 9 3 5 3 9 0
 
+########
+"part 1"
+
 op visible r =
     r = -1, r
     r = transp max\ transp r
@@ -16,63 +19,22 @@ sample
 +/, vis4 input
 
 
-
-op pady a = -1, a, -1
-op padx a = transp pady transp a
-op pad a = pady padx a
-
-A = pad sample
-
-
-i = 3 3
-d = 1 0
-
-op i slice d =
-    t = A[i[1];i[2]]
-    t < 0: 0 rho 0
-    t, (i+d) slice d
-
-A
-A[3;3]
-i slice d
-i slice -d
+##########
+"\npart 2"
 
 op empty v = 0 == rho v
 
-# takes from v while v[i] is less than x
+# count how many elements at the start of v are less than x
 op x shorter v =
-    empty v: v
-    (and\ x > v) sel v
+    empty v: 0
+    +/ (and\ x > v)
 
 # returns 1 if any v[i] blocks x
 op x blocked v =
     empty v: 0
     or/ x <= v
 
-v = 1 2 3 4 3 2 5 6 1 2 3
-
-5 shorter v
-0 shorter 1 2 3
-
-# takes from v while v[i] is less than v[0]
-op shorter2 v =
-    x = v[1]
-    v = 1 flip v
-    v, +/ (and\ transp x > v)
-
-#shorter2 transp (1, rho v) rho v
-#shorter2 3 3 rho flip iota 9
-
-""
-sample
-"-"
-
-op x viewDistance v = (x blocked v) + rho x shorter v
-op viewDistance v = v[1] viewDistance 1 drop v
-
-viewDistance 1 2 3
-viewDistance 5 1 2 3
-viewDistance 5 5
+op x viewDistance v = (x blocked v) + x shorter v
 
 op p score A =
     x = p[1]
@@ -88,21 +50,17 @@ op p score A =
     n
 
 op i loopY A =
-    i[2] > (rho A)[2]: 0
-    (i score A) max (i + 0 1) loopY A
+    x = i score A
+    i[2] >= (rho A)[2]: x
+    x , (i + 0 1) loopY A
 
 op i loopX A =
-    i[1] > (rho A)[1]: 0
-    (i loopY A) max (i + 1 0) loopX A
+    x = i loopY A
+    i[1] >= (rho A)[1]: x
+    x , (i + 1 0) loopX A
 
-op solve A = 1 1 loopX A
+op solve A = max/ 1 1 loopX A
 
-
-1 1 score sample
-2 2 score sample
-3 4 score sample
+sample
 solve sample
-
-1 1 score sample; 1 2 score sample; 1 3 score sample; 1 4 score sample; 1 5 score sample
-2 1 score sample; 2 2 score sample; 2 3 score sample; 2 4 score sample; 2 5 score sample
 solve input