diff --git a/racket/icebreaker/README.md b/racket/icebreaker/README.md
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+see:
+<https://write.lain.faith/~/Haskal/is-it-actually-less-work-than-just-doing-it-manually-probably-not-but-we're-doing-it-anyway>
diff --git a/racket/icebreaker/icebreaker.rkt b/racket/icebreaker/icebreaker.rkt
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+#lang curly-fn rosette
+
+(require syntax/parse/define
+         (for-syntax racket/syntax))
+
+;; house is represented by actual number
+;; people, places, pets represented by symbolic variable
+(define-for-syntax *data*
+  '((name martin ramsey sandra turner walter)
+    (place london kansas france taipei mumbai)
+    (pet robins tigers whales ferret poodle)))
+
+;; create a solver and define all the symbolic variables
+(define-simple-macro (define-symbols/solver solver:id)
+  ;; generate list of ids, bound to calling lexical context, with a syntax prop determining the
+  ;; category
+  #:with (ids ...) (for*/list ([row (in-list *data*)] [val (in-list (rest row))])
+                     (syntax-property (format-id #'solver "~a" val) 'icebreaker:cat (first row)))
+  ;; create the symbolic define expressions
+  #:with (defs ...) (for/list ([id (in-list (syntax-e #'(ids ...)))])
+                      #`(define-symbolic #,id integer?))
+  ;; create initial constraints
+  #:with (stmts ...) (let ([groups (group-by #{syntax-property % 'icebreaker:cat }
+                                             (syntax-e #'(ids ...)))])
+                       (append (for*/list ([grp (in-list groups)] [id (in-list grp)])
+                                 ;; all in [1, 5]
+                                 #`(void (solver (<= 1 #,id 5))))
+                               (for/list ([grp (in-list groups)])
+                                 ;; no two in the same category are equal
+                                 #`(void (solver (mutually-exclusive #,@grp))))))
+  (begin
+    ;; incremental solver
+    (define solver (solve+))
+    defs ...
+    stmts ...))
+
+(define-symbols/solver inc)
+
+;; helper for defining the statements of one person (2 true, 1 lie)
+(define-simple-macro (define-statements solver:expr sfirst:expr ssecond:expr sthird:expr)
+  (void
+    (solver (or (and sfirst ssecond (not sthird))
+                (and sfirst (not ssecond) sthird)
+                (and (not sfirst) ssecond sthird)))))
+
+;; helper for defining a mutually exclusive set of symbolic and concrete values
+(define-simple-macro (mutually-exclusive options:expr ...)
+  #:with (stxs ...) (for/list ([combo (in-combinations (syntax-e #'(options ...)) 2)])
+                      #`(not (= #,(first combo) #,(second combo))))
+  (and stxs ...))
+
+;; helper for asserting that 2 houses are at a certain distance apart
+(define-simple-macro (at-distance v1:expr v2:expr dist:expr)
+  (= dist (abs (- v1 v2))))
+
+;; the rules
+;; martin
+(define-statements inc
+  (mutually-exclusive 1 ramsey ferret poodle kansas)
+  (and (at-distance turner whales 4) (not (= turner whales)))
+  (and (= walter france) (not (= walter ferret))))
+
+;; ramsey
+(define-statements inc
+  (and (at-distance martin london 4) (not (= martin london)))
+  (and (= sandra london) (not (= sandra ferret)))
+  (= walter (sub1 ramsey)))
+
+;; sandra
+(define-statements inc
+  (= sandra robins)
+  (at-distance whales france 2)
+  (= walter taipei))
+
+;; turner
+(define-statements inc
+  (not (= turner kansas))
+  (= turner tigers)
+  (and (= ramsey robins) (at-distance ramsey turner 3)))
+
+;; walter
+(define-statements inc
+  (mutually-exclusive walter poodle 2)
+  (mutually-exclusive walter sandra robins mumbai taipei)
+  (and (= turner kansas) (not (= turner 1))))
+
+(define solution (inc #t))
+(displayln solution)