diff --git a/2023/08/Part1.pm b/2023/08/Part1.pm
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+use 5.38.0;
+
+package Part1;
+
+use List::AllUtils qw/ /;
+
+sub parse_input($input) {
+    my ( $directions, undef, @nodes ) = split "\n", $input;
+
+    $directions = [ split "", $directions =~ s/R/1/gr =~ s/L/0/gr ];
+
+    my %nodes;
+
+    for(@nodes) {
+        my @n = /([A-Z]+)/g;
+        $nodes{ shift @n } = \@n;
+    }
+
+    return {
+        directions => $directions,
+        nodes => \%nodes };
+}
+
+sub solution_1 ($input) {
+    my $p = parse_input($input);
+    my @directions = $p->{directions}->@*;
+    my %nodes = $p->{nodes}->%*;
+
+    my $visited = 0;
+    my $next_index = 0;
+    my $current = 'AAA';
+
+    while( $current ne 'ZZZ') {
+        $visited++;
+
+        $current = $nodes{$current}->[ $directions[$next_index++ % @directions ]  ];
+    }
+
+    return $visited;
+
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/2023/08/Part2.pm b/2023/08/Part2.pm
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+use 5.38.0;
+
+package Part2;
+
+use Part1;
+
+use List::AllUtils qw/ /;
+
+
+sub solution_2 ($input) {
+    ...;
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/2023/08/benchmark.pl b/2023/08/benchmark.pl
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+use 5.38.0;
+
+use Benchmark ':hireswallclock';
+use Path::Tiny;
+use JSON qw/ to_json /;
+use DateTime;
+use File::Serialize;
+
+use Part1;
+use Part2;
+
+my $day = path('.')->absolute->basename =~ s/^0//r;
+my $year = path('.')->absolute->parent->basename;
+my $solutions = deserialize_file('solutions.yml');
+
+my @parts = (
+    { part => 1, sub => \&Part1::solution_1, expected => $solutions->{1} },
+    { part => 2, sub => \&Part2::solution_2, expected => $solutions->{2} },
+);
+
+my $input = path('./input')->slurp;
+
+for my $part (@parts) {
+    my $res = Benchmark::countit(
+        10,
+        sub {
+            $part->{sub}->($input) == $part->{expected} or die;
+        }
+    );
+
+    my $result = {
+        day  => $day,
+        year => $year,
+
+        #variant => '',
+        language  => 'perl',
+        part      => $part->{part},
+        time      => $res->cpu_a / $res->iters,
+        timestamp => DateTime->now->iso8601,
+    };
+    say to_json $result;
+}
+
diff --git a/2023/08/example b/2023/08/example
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+RL
+
+AAA = (BBB, CCC)
+BBB = (DDD, EEE)
+CCC = (ZZZ, GGG)
+DDD = (DDD, DDD)
+EEE = (EEE, EEE)
+GGG = (GGG, GGG)
+ZZZ = (ZZZ, ZZZ)
diff --git a/2023/08/part1.t b/2023/08/part1.t
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+use 5.38.0;
+
+use Test2::V0;
+
+use Path::Tiny;
+use File::Serialize;
+
+use Part1;
+
+my $input = path('input')->slurp;
+my $example = path('example')->slurp;
+my %solutions = deserialize_file('solutions.yml')->%*;
+
+my $parsed = Part1::parse_input($example);
+
+use DDP; p $parsed;
+
+is $parsed->{directions} => [1,0];
+is $parsed->{nodes}{AAA} => [ qw/ BBB CCC /];
+
+    is Part1::solution_1($example) => 2;
+    is Part1::solution_1(<<'END') => 6;
+LLR
+
+AAA = (BBB, BBB)
+BBB = (AAA, ZZZ)
+ZZZ = (ZZZ, ZZZ)
+END
+
+    SKIP: {
+        #    skip "not there yet" if $solutions{1} eq 'TODO';
+    is Part1::solution_1($input) => $solutions{1};
+}
+
+
+
+done_testing;
diff --git a/2023/08/part2.t b/2023/08/part2.t
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+use 5.38.0;
+
+use Test2::V0;
+
+use Path::Tiny;
+
+use Part2;
+
+my $input = path('input')->slurp;
+
+is Part2::solution_2($input) => 'TODO';
+
+done_testing;
diff --git a/2023/08/solutions.yml b/2023/08/solutions.yml
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+1: 19631
+2: TODO