diff --git a/day7/main.go b/day7/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"cmp"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"slices"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type Card int
+
+const (
+	Two Card = iota + 2
+	Three
+	Four
+	Five
+	Six
+	Seven
+	Eight
+	Nine
+	Ten
+	Jack
+	Queen
+	King
+	Ace
+)
+
+type HandKind int
+
+const (
+	UnknownKind HandKind = iota
+	HighCard
+	OnePair
+	TwoPair
+	ThreeOfAKind
+	FullHouse
+	FourOfAKind
+	FiveOfAKind
+)
+
+type Hand []Card
+
+type Player struct {
+	bid  int
+	hand Hand
+}
+
+func (hand Hand) Kind() (HandKind, error) {
+	handCounts := map[HandKind][]int{
+		FiveOfAKind:  {5},
+		FourOfAKind:  {1, 4},
+		FullHouse:    {2, 3},
+		ThreeOfAKind: {1, 1, 3},
+		TwoPair:      {1, 2, 2},
+		OnePair:      {1, 1, 1, 2},
+		HighCard:     {1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
+	}
+
+	distinctCounts := hand.CountDistinct()
+	cardCounts := mapValues(distinctCounts)
+	slices.Sort(cardCounts)
+	for kind, kindCounts := range handCounts {
+		if slices.Equal(cardCounts, kindCounts) {
+			return kind, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return UnknownKind, errors.New("got it")
+}
+
+func (hand Hand) CountDistinct() map[Card]int {
+	buckets := make(map[Card]int)
+	for _, card := range hand {
+		buckets[card]++
+	}
+
+	return buckets
+}
+
+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))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to parse input: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	inputLines := strings.Split(input, "\n")
+	players, err := parsePlayers(inputLines)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to parse races: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	for _, player := range players {
+		kind, _ := player.hand.Kind()
+		fmt.Printf("%+v %+v\n", player.hand, kind)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Part 1: %d\n", part1(players))
+}
+
+func part1(players []Player) int {
+	sortedPlayers := slices.Clone(players)
+	slices.SortFunc(sortedPlayers, func(a, b Player) int {
+		aKind, err := a.hand.Kind()
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("invalid hand %+v: %w", a, err))
+		}
+
+		bKind, err := b.hand.Kind()
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("invalid hand %+v: %w", b, err))
+		}
+
+		compareHands := cmp.Compare(aKind, bKind)
+		if compareHands == 0 {
+			return slices.Compare(a.hand, b.hand)
+		} else {
+			return compareHands
+		}
+	})
+
+	winnings := 0
+	for i, player := range sortedPlayers {
+		winnings += (i + 1) * player.bid
+	}
+
+	return winnings
+}
+
+func parsePlayers(inputLines []string) ([]Player, error) {
+	players := make([]Player, 0, len(inputLines))
+	for i, line := range inputLines {
+		player, err := parsePlayer(line)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse line %d: %w", i, err)
+		}
+
+		players = append(players, player)
+	}
+
+	return players, nil
+}
+
+func parsePlayer(inputLine string) (Player, error) {
+	lineComponents := strings.Split(inputLine, " ")
+	if len(lineComponents) != 2 {
+		return Player{}, errors.New("malformed player line")
+	}
+
+	hand, err := parseHand(lineComponents[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return Player{}, fmt.Errorf("parse hand: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	bid, err := strconv.Atoi(lineComponents[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return Player{}, fmt.Errorf("parse bid: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return Player{bid: bid, hand: hand}, nil
+}
+
+func parseHand(handStr string) (Hand, error) {
+	cardMap := map[byte]Card{
+		'A': Ace,
+		'K': King,
+		'Q': Queen,
+		'J': Jack,
+		'T': Ten,
+		'9': Nine,
+		'8': Eight,
+		'7': Seven,
+		'6': Six,
+		'5': Five,
+		'4': Four,
+		'3': Three,
+		'2': Two,
+	}
+
+	hand := Hand{}
+	for _, handChar := range handStr {
+		card, ok := cardMap[byte(handChar)]
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid card character %c", handChar)
+		}
+
+		hand = append(hand, card)
+	}
+
+	return hand, nil
+}
+
+func mapValues[T comparable, U any](m map[T]U) []U {
+	values := make([]U, 0, len(m))
+	for _, value := range m {
+		values = append(values, value)
+	}
+
+	return values
+}