diff --git a/day12/main.go b/day12/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"slices"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type SpringState int
+
+const (
+	SpringStateOperational SpringState = iota
+	SpringStateDamaged
+	SpringStateUnknown
+)
+
+type SpringStates []SpringState
+
+type Record struct {
+	states    SpringStates
+	sequences []int
+}
+
+func (states SpringStates) Print() {
+	for _, state := range states {
+		switch state {
+		case SpringStateDamaged:
+			fmt.Print("#")
+		case SpringStateOperational:
+			fmt.Print(".")
+		case SpringStateUnknown:
+			fmt.Print("?")
+		default:
+			panic("invalid state")
+		}
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
+}
+
+func (r Record) EvaluateUnknownStates() []SpringStates {
+	res := []SpringStates{}
+	for _, possibleStates := range getAllPossibleStates(r.states, 0) {
+		if r.matchesSequence(possibleStates) {
+			res = append(res, possibleStates)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return res
+}
+
+func (r Record) matchesSequence(states SpringStates) bool {
+	sequenceCountCursor := 0
+	// states.Print()
+	damageCount := 0
+	needSpace := false
+	for _, state := range states {
+		if sequenceCountCursor > len(r.sequences)-1 && state == SpringStateDamaged {
+			return false
+		} else if sequenceCountCursor > len(r.sequences)-1 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		sequenceCount := r.sequences[sequenceCountCursor]
+		if needSpace && state != SpringStateOperational {
+			return false
+		} else if needSpace {
+			needSpace = false
+			continue
+		} else if state == SpringStateOperational && damageCount > 0 && damageCount < sequenceCount {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		if state == SpringStateDamaged {
+			damageCount++
+		} else if state == SpringStateOperational {
+			damageCount = 0
+		}
+
+		if damageCount == sequenceCount {
+			sequenceCountCursor++
+			damageCount = 0
+			needSpace = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return sequenceCountCursor == len(r.sequences)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	if len(os.Args) != 2 && len(os.Args) != 3 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage: %s inputfile\n", os.Args[0])
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	inputFilename := os.Args[1]
+	inputFile, err := os.Open(inputFilename)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("could not open input file: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	defer inputFile.Close()
+
+	inputBytes, err := io.ReadAll(inputFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("could not read input file: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	input := strings.TrimSpace(string(inputBytes))
+	inputLines := strings.Split(input, "\n")
+
+	records, err := parseRecords(inputLines)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to parse input: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Part 1: %d\n", part1(records))
+}
+
+func part1(records []Record) int {
+	total := 0
+	for _, record := range records {
+		possibilities := record.EvaluateUnknownStates()
+		total += len(possibilities)
+	}
+
+	return total
+}
+
+func getAllPossibleStates(states SpringStates, trackingIdx int) []SpringStates {
+	if trackingIdx > len(states)-1 {
+		return []SpringStates{}
+	} else if states[trackingIdx] != SpringStateUnknown {
+		return getAllPossibleStates(states, trackingIdx+1)
+	}
+
+	ifOperational := slices.Clone(states)
+	ifOperational[trackingIdx] = SpringStateOperational
+	ifDamaged := slices.Clone(states)
+	ifDamaged[trackingIdx] = SpringStateDamaged
+
+	if slices.Index(states[trackingIdx+1:], SpringStateUnknown) == -1 {
+		return []SpringStates{ifOperational, ifDamaged}
+	}
+
+	possibilities := []SpringStates{}
+	possibilities = append(possibilities, getAllPossibleStates(ifOperational, trackingIdx+1)...)
+	possibilities = append(possibilities, getAllPossibleStates(ifDamaged, trackingIdx+1)...)
+
+	return possibilities
+}
+
+func parseRecords(inputLines []string) ([]Record, error) {
+	return tryParse(inputLines, parseRecord)
+}
+
+func parseRecord(inputLine string) (Record, error) {
+	lineRegexp := regexp.MustCompile(`^([#.?]+) ((?:\d+,)*\d+)$`)
+	matches := lineRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(inputLine)
+	if matches == nil {
+		return Record{}, errors.New("malformed input line")
+	}
+
+	states, err := parseSpringStates(matches[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return Record{}, fmt.Errorf("spring state: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	sequences, err := tryParse(strings.Split(matches[2], ","), strconv.Atoi)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Record{}, fmt.Errorf("sequences: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return Record{states: states, sequences: sequences}, nil
+}
+
+func parseSpringStates(inputStates string) ([]SpringState, error) {
+	states := make([]SpringState, len(inputStates))
+	for i, char := range inputStates {
+		switch char {
+		case '.':
+			states[i] = SpringStateOperational
+		case '#':
+			states[i] = SpringStateDamaged
+		case '?':
+			states[i] = SpringStateUnknown
+		default:
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid spring state char, %c", char)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return states, nil
+}
+
+func tryParse[T any](items []string, parse func(string) (T, error)) ([]T, error) {
+	res := make([]T, 0, len(items))
+	for i, item := range items {
+		parsed, err := parse(item)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid item #%d: %w", i+1, err)
+		}
+
+		res = append(res, parsed)
+	}
+
+	return res, nil
+}