diff --git a/day6/default.nix b/day6/default.nix
index 2ee5b1d..7169e9c 100644
--- a/day6/default.nix
+++ b/day6/default.nix
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ let
     turns = { }; # only turns are relevant to check cycles
   };
 
-  raycastUntil = pred: direction: pos:
-    if pred pos then
-      [ ]
-    else
-      [ pos ] ++ (raycastUntil pred direction (vecSum pos direction));
-
   constructPath = state: extraObstruction:
     let
       isBlocked = pos: (matIndex pos grid) == "#" || pos == extraObstruction;
diff --git a/day8/default.nix b/day8/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b37ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day8/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, utils, ... }:
+with lib;
+with builtins;
+with utils;
+let
+  grid = map stringToCharacters (readLines ./input);
+  antenna_map = genAttrs (unique (filter (invert (eq ".")) (flatten grid))) (c: filter (i: matIndex i grid == c) (getMatrixIndices grid));
+  inGrid = (flip inRangeMatrix) grid;
+
+  makeAntiNodesPairwise = x: y: [ (vecSum x (vecDiff x y)) (vecSum y (vecDiff y x)) ];
+  makeAntiNodesRay = x: y: let direction = (shortenVec (vecDiff x y)); in (raycastUntil (invert inGrid) direction x) ++ (raycastUntil (invert inGrid) (scalarVecMul (-1) direction) y);
+  
+  makeAntiNodes = nodeFunc: coords: concatLists (map (a: concatLists (map (nodeFunc a) (remove a coords)) ) coords);
+in rec {
+  # inherit antenna_map;
+  part1 = map (makeAntiNodes makeAntiNodesPairwise) (attrValues antenna_map) |> concatLists |> filter inGrid |> unique |> length;
+  part2 = map (makeAntiNodes makeAntiNodesRay) (attrValues antenna_map) |> concatLists |> unique |> length;
+
+  # pairwiseTest = makeAntiNodesPairwise [0 0] [2 2];
+  # shortVecTest = shortenVec [2 6];
+  # x = [1 1];
+  # y = [1 2];
+  # rayTest = makeAntiNodesRay x y;
+  # direction = (shortenVec (vecDiff x y));
+}
diff --git a/day8/example b/day8/example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78a1e91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day8/example
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+............
+........0...
+.....0......
+.......0....
+....0.......
+......A.....
+............
+............
+........A...
+.........A..
+............
+............
diff --git a/day8/input b/day8/input
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a7b6f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day8/input
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+.AU..Z.....8.......................t..C.6.........
+..................................................
+.....K.U....................v.....................
+...Z..A.............................v8.....t......
+p..................a8...........b...t.............
+..pU.....A..4.....................................
+..........................E.......................
+...........K..V..............v8.....Cb............
+....V................b...p........................
+....7.............................................
+....4.....A..........V......K..E.....6............
+.4.........................Vb...........0..C......
+..................................k........N......
+K....7...........9...........6.....kE.............
+......7......1...................k.......C........
+...p....................9....0.....N6.............
+..........Z........e..1...........................
+.............................E................N...
+...4...............................v0..........z..
+........U.....Z......1................z..a........
+.....5.......7......................N.............
+....................n.............................
+.......................0.9...c..........z.d.T.....
+...................n.W......a...t......D....d.....
+..........I.....e......................o9.........
+....5..2................e...........D.............
+...........................n......D...............
+......25I...1..................c......W.......o...
+................n..............D..................
+...........I........i..e..........................
+......5......2.....P..............a...............
+...........................z..................T...
+..........j.....................Wd...........O..o.
+................................................c.
+.................I................B...............
+...........u.............................T.d......
+.............................................J....
+.....3.i....u......................o..............
+3...i.............................................
+..................................................
+...........j...............W....O............w....
+...P........................J.....................
+.....u............................................
+.............................w....................
+......u.................2...w...J.................
+.....j.....B3......................O..............
+P....B..............................c.............
+................B.............w...................
+.....i.............3..............................
+..P.j....................J..........O.............
diff --git a/utils.nix b/utils.nix
index bf833b6..0bf7d1a 100644
--- a/utils.nix
+++ b/utils.nix
@@ -12,16 +12,20 @@ with builtins; rec {
   deleteAt = l: i: (take i l) ++ (drop (i + 1) l);
   eq = x: y: x == y;
   greaterThan = x: y: x > y;
-  listRange = l: range 0 ((length l) - 1);
+  listRange = l: genList identity (length l);
   invert = f: x: !(f x);
   elemAtMid = l: elemAt l ((length l) / 2);
   removeAll = rl: (flip pipe) (map remove rl);
   pipe' = flip pipe;
   inRange = i: l: (i >= 0) && (i < length l);
+  identity = x: x;
 
   transpose = l: map (i: map ((flip elemAt) i) l) (listRange (head l));
   matVecMul = m: v: map (r: foldl' add 0 (zipListsWith mul v r)) m;
   vecSum = zipListsWith add;
+  vecDiff = zipListsWith sub;
+  scalarVecMul = i: map (mul i);
+  scalarVecDiv = i: map ((flip div) i);
   matIndex = i: pipe' (map (flip elemAt) i);
   inRangeMatrix = i: m:
     if i == [ ] then
@@ -29,9 +33,20 @@ with builtins; rec {
     else
       (isList m) && (inRange (head i) m)
       && (inRangeMatrix (tail i) (elemAt m (head i)));
-  getMatrixIndices = m:
-    crossLists (x: y: [ x y ]) [
-      (listRange m)
-      (listRange (head m))
-    ]; # fixme: only 2d, not arbitrary tensors.
+
+  raycastUntil = pred: direction: pos:
+    if pred pos then
+      [ ]
+    else
+      [ pos ] ++ (raycastUntil pred direction (vecSum pos direction));
+
+  getMatrixIndices = m: let 
+    makeLayers = m: if isList m then [ (listRange m) ] ++ (makeLayers (head m)) else [];
+    layers = makeLayers m;
+  in mapCartesianProduct (args@{...}: attrValues args) (listToAttrs (map (k: nameValuePair (toString k) (elemAt layers k)) (listRange layers)));
+
+  gcd = a: b: if a == 0 then b else if b == 0 then a else if a < b then gcd b a else gcd b (mod a b);
+  listGcd = l: foldl' gcd (head l) (tail l);
+
+  shortenVec = vec: scalarVecDiv (listGcd (map abs vec)) vec;
 }