diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9dd4081..cc676ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 input*.txt
+target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/2023/day1/.gitignore b/2023/day1/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ea8c4bf..0000000
--- a/2023/day1/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target
diff --git a/2023/day1/Cargo.toml b/2023/day1/Cargo.toml
index afab261..a3c4e52 100644
--- a/2023/day1/Cargo.toml
+++ b/2023/day1/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ name = "day1"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
-[profile.release]
-debug = 1
-
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/2023/day1/src/main.rs b/2023/day1/src/main.rs
index 85873f9..e437985 100644
--- a/2023/day1/src/main.rs
+++ b/2023/day1/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
 
 mod branchless;
 mod naive;
+mod no_lines;
 mod zero_alloc;
 
 fn main() {
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ fn main() {
         "naive" => naive::part2(&input),
         "zero_alloc" => zero_alloc::part2(&input),
         "branchless" => unsafe { branchless::part2(&input) },
+        "no_lines" => unsafe { no_lines::part2(&input) },
         _ => {
             eprintln!("error: invalid mode, must be part1,naive,zero_alloc,branchless");
             std::process::exit(1);
diff --git a/2023/day1/src/no_lines.rs b/2023/day1/src/no_lines.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49daa9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2023/day1/src/no_lines.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+pub unsafe fn part2(input: &str) {
+    let mut sum = 0;
+
+    let bytes = input.as_bytes();
+
+    let mut digits = [0_u8; 128];
+
+    let mut byte_idx = 0;
+    let mut line_idx = 0;
+
+    while byte_idx < bytes.len() {
+        // in memory:
+        // o n e X X X X X
+        // in the integer bytes:
+        // X X X X X e n o
+        // this out of bounds read is UB under SB, but fine under models that don't do provenance narrowing with slices. i dont care enough to fix it.
+        let block = bytes.as_ptr().add(byte_idx).cast::<u64>().read_unaligned().to_le();
+
+        let one = (block & ((1 << (8 * 1)) - 1)) as u8;
+        let three = block & ((1 << (8 * 3)) - 1);
+        let four = block & ((1 << (8 * 4)) - 1);
+        let five = block & ((1 << (8 * 5)) - 1);
+
+        if one == b'\n' {
+            let first = digits[..line_idx].iter().find(|&&d| d > b'0').unwrap();
+            let last = digits[..line_idx]
+                .iter()
+                .rev()
+                .find(|&&d| d > b'0')
+                .unwrap();
+
+            let first = (first - b'0') as u64;
+            let last = (last - b'0') as u64;
+            sum += first * 10 + last;
+            digits = [0_u8; 128];
+            line_idx = 0;
+        }
+
+        const fn gorble(s: &[u8]) -> u64 {
+            let mut bytes = [0; 8];
+            let mut i = 0;
+            while i < s.len() {
+                bytes[7 - i] = s[i];
+                i += 1;
+            }
+            // like: u64::from_be_bytes([0, 0, 0, b't', b'h', b'g', b'i', b'e'])
+            u64::from_be_bytes(bytes)
+        }
+        macro_rules! check {
+            ($const:ident $len:ident == $str:expr => $value:expr) => {
+                const $const: u64 = gorble($str);
+                digits[line_idx] |= (if $len == $const { $value } else { 0 });
+            };
+        }
+        
+        assert!(line_idx < digits.len());
+
+        digits[line_idx] |= if one >= b'0' && one <= b'9' { one } else { 0 };
+
+        check!(EIGHT five == b"eight" => b'8');
+        check!(SEVEN five == b"seven" => b'7');
+        check!(THREE five == b"three" => b'3');
+
+        check!(FIVE four == b"five" => b'5');
+        check!(FOUR four == b"four" => b'4');
+        check!(NINE four == b"nine" => b'9');
+
+        check!(SIX three == b"six" => b'6');
+        check!(TWO three == b"two" => b'2');
+        check!(ONE three == b"one" => b'1');
+
+        byte_idx += 1;
+        line_idx += 1;
+    }
+
+    println!("part2: {sum}");
+}
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae5bfe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "day1"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffbee8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[workspace]
+resolver = "2"
+members = ["2023/*"]
+
+[profile.release]
+debug = 1