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The source code seemed extremely simple, but somehow they messed it up so it’s impossible for them to change a word in time. Am I understanding this correctly?
by bluedays 4y ago
The source code seemed extremely simple, but somehow they messed it up so it’s impossible for them to change a word in time. Am I understanding this correctly?
- josephcsible 4y agoMy reading is that changing the word in the source code is really easy, but getting everyone's browsers to use the new version instead of their old cached one is difficult.
- djur 4y agoThe original implementation of Wordle was heavily optimized for reducing hosting costs and didn't have "allow changing the word list on the fly" as a requirement. As a result, the word list is cached on the client side.
- qq66 4y agoThe game and all of its future word list are hardcoded into the Javascript. Many users have it cached.