johnchinjew

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   by johnchinjew 1mo ago

   Hey all! I've added a number of features this past week. Tell me what you think. 1. You can now react with emojis at the end of every round. 2. Someone found a great word? You can now double-tap to give them a like. 3. You can now see
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   by johnchinjew 1mo ago

   Thanks! Thinking of adding a "double tap to like" feature next to allow players to give kudos for clever words.
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   by johnchinjew 1mo ago

   Good point, I've removed all the proper nouns now.
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   by johnchinjew 1mo ago

   Thanks for checking it out. I've added a proper "How to play?" section now. Thanks for the feedback!
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   by johnchinjew 1mo ago

   Sorry. Fixed that now!
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   by johnchinjew 1mo ago

   Could it be that your device's clock is skewed?
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   by johnchinjew 1mo ago

   There's a timer at the top! Perhaps a warning SFX and and some animation is in order. Thanks for the feedback.
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   by johnchinjew 1mo ago

   Thanks for checking it out!
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   by johnchinjew 1mo ago

   Thanks for playing! Yeah you're right, rules need to be spelled out a bit better.
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    by johnchinjew 1mo ago

    I'd also like to expand it to work with other alphabetic languages too.
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    by johnchinjew 1mo ago

    Thanks for checking it out! A single-player/offline mode does sound fun too. I do think I will end up adding support for a number of variations and modes.
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    by johnchinjew 1mo ago

    Yes, it's intentional to allow words that don't use all the letters. It can be very tricky to think of a panagram every time (word that has all 7 letters used at least once). Hence, we don't require every submission to be a p
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    by johnchinjew 1mo ago

    Really great points, thanks for commenting. One nuance: if you show others' submissions right away, the game turns into a "race" where speed matters a lot more. That could be fun too (a different game mode?). I might think ab
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    by johnchinjew 1mo ago

    I'm using Phoenix LiveView + PubSub to keep everyone's browser in sync.
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    by johnchinjew 1mo ago

    Sorry folks, something broke! Looking into it and will post here with updates. UPDATE #2: Seeing full recovery now (Aug 9, 10 PM PST). UPDATE #1: Looks like Railway is having problems - https://status.railway.com/incident&#x
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    by johnchinjew 1mo ago

    Good idea. And thanks for checking it out!
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    by johnchinjew 1mo ago

    I think I know what went wrong. Right now, even unscored words are not allowed to be reused. Will post a quick fix. Thanks for the precise bug report!
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    by johnchinjew 1mo ago

    Adding chat is a good idea, thanks for the input. Thanks for checking it out!
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    by johnchinjew 1mo ago

    I've been working on a simple multiplayer word game: http://alphabetsoup.club It's a bit like NYT Spelling Bee, except it's multiplayer and only your best (longest) word counts toward your score. So, instead of tr
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    Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win(alphabetsoup.club)

    37 points by johnchinjew 1mo ago|47 comments
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    by johnchinjew 1mo ago

    If we're trying to outline a future for assertions, I think it would help to situate them among the other mechanisms we have for ensuring correctness and explain where assertions have the right tradeoffs. For example, what unique need