diff --git a/2021/day18/main.go b/2021/day18/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/jdkaplan/advent-of-code/aoc"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	lines := aoc.Input().ReadLines("day18.txt")
+	fmt.Println(part1(lines))
+}
+
+func part1(lines []string) int {
+	var snails []*Node
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		snails = append(snails, Tree(line))
+	}
+	n := snails[0]
+	for _, x := range snails[1:] {
+		n = add(n, x)
+		for n.Reduce() {
+		}
+	}
+	return n.Magnitude()
+}
+
+func add(a, b *Node) *Node {
+	n := Pair(a, b)
+	link(a.B().Right(), b.A().Left())
+	return n
+}
+
+type Node struct {
+	v    *int
+	a, b *Node
+	l, r *Node
+}
+
+func Tree(line string) *Node {
+	root, extra := parseNode(chars(line))
+	if len(extra) > 0 {
+		panic(extra)
+	}
+
+	q := queue(&root)
+	for i := 0; i < len(q)-1; i++ {
+		l, r := q[i], q[i+1]
+		link(l, r)
+	}
+
+	return &root
+}
+
+func Leaf(v int) *Node {
+	return &Node{v: &v}
+}
+
+func Pair(a, b *Node) *Node {
+	return &Node{a: a, b: b}
+}
+
+func (n *Node) Magnitude() int {
+	if n.IsLeaf() {
+		return *n.v
+	}
+	return 3*n.a.Magnitude() + 2*n.b.Magnitude()
+}
+
+func (n *Node) A() *Node {
+	for !n.IsLeaf() {
+		n = n.a
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func (n *Node) B() *Node {
+	for !n.IsLeaf() {
+		n = n.b
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func (n *Node) Left() *Node {
+	for n.l != nil {
+		n = n.l
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func (n *Node) Right() *Node {
+	for n.r != nil {
+		n = n.r
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func (n Node) IsLeaf() bool {
+	return n.v != nil
+}
+
+func (n Node) String() string {
+	if n.IsLeaf() {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d", *n.v)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("[%s,%s]", n.a, n.b)
+}
+
+func (n *Node) Reduce() bool {
+	if n.Explode(0) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return n.Split()
+}
+
+func (n *Node) Split() bool {
+	if !n.IsLeaf() {
+		if n.a.Split() {
+			return true
+		}
+		if n.b.Split() {
+			return true
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+
+	v := *(n.v)
+	if v < 10 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	a := v / 2
+	b := (v + 1) / 2
+	n.a, n.b, n.v = Leaf(a), Leaf(b), nil
+	link(n.l, n.a)
+	link(n.a, n.b)
+	link(n.b, n.r)
+	return true
+}
+
+func (n *Node) Explode(depth int) bool {
+	if n.IsLeaf() {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if n.a.Explode(depth + 1) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if n.b.Explode(depth + 1) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if depth < 4 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if n.a.l != nil {
+		*n.a.l.v += *n.a.v
+	}
+	if n.b.r != nil {
+		*n.b.r.v += *n.b.v
+	}
+	zero := 0
+	l, r := n.a.l, n.b.r
+	n.a, n.b, n.v = nil, nil, &zero
+	link(l, n)
+	link(n, r)
+	return true
+}
+
+func link(l, r *Node) {
+	if l != nil {
+		l.r = r
+	}
+	if r != nil {
+		r.l = l
+	}
+}
+
+func parseNode(line []rune) (Node, []rune) {
+	if line[0] == '[' {
+		return parsePair(line)
+	}
+	return parseLeaf(line)
+}
+
+func parsePair(line []rune) (Node, []rune) {
+	_, line = consume('[', line)
+	a, line := parseNode(line)
+	_, line = consume(',', line)
+	b, line := parseNode(line)
+	_, line = consume(']', line)
+	return Node{a: &a, b: &b}, line
+}
+
+func parseLeaf(line []rune) (Node, []rune) {
+	d, line := line[0], line[1:]
+	v := int(d - '0')
+	return Node{v: &v}, line
+}
+
+func queue(n *Node) []*Node {
+	if n.IsLeaf() {
+		return []*Node{n}
+	}
+	return append(queue(n.a), queue(n.b)...)
+}
+
+func chars(s string) (runes []rune) {
+	for _, r := range s {
+		runes = append(runes, r)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func consume(expected rune, rs []rune) (rune, []rune) {
+	r, rs := rs[0], rs[1:]
+	if r != expected {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Expected %s, got %s", string(expected), string(r)))
+	}
+	return r, rs
+}