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I opened up the page and just clicked "go"... seemed like a good place to start. I waited a few seconds and nothing happened. Then I noticed the little clock a

I opened up the page and just clicked "go"... seemed like a good place to start. I waited a few seconds and nothing happened. Then I noticed the little clock at the bottom ticking away. "Okay", I thought, "it's working..." but 30 seconds later it still hadn't done anything (HN effect?). I'd disable the "go" button on click, and move the clock so that it appear right next to it (instant feedback is nice). You can re-enable the "go" button if any of the parameters change. Also, in the time its taken me to write this it still hasn't generated any results (Mac 10.5, Safari 4). Don't know if it's me or you.

Brentley_11 17y ago
It also seems to be making a web request every second that just returns: {"Results":[]} Could the sudden popularity and the fact that this page is making a request every second without even hiting go mean that the site is essentially attacking itself?
op 17y ago
ironkeith, this most likely is a HN effect (luckily? :) The webapp has been developed with performance in mind, however I've already noticed some glitches to fix.
- mitjak 17y ago
  Well done Oleg but where's the Russian language on the side? =) I don't know if it's in the works or what, because wordoid just generated veter.com for me (which is still available). Would definitely be fun.
  - op 17y ago
    I plan to add more languages (including Russian) when all the critical issues are settled.
  - alanthonyc 17y ago
    I like this site very much! However, I'd consider it an advantage for Russian speakers to NOT have Russian on the list. As a speaker of another language also not on the list, I wouldn't want any automated competition on coming up with words with that basis. (My other language has been a gold mine for me. ;) )
- op 17y ago
  More on this: The website received about 3500 visitors during 12 hours after I posted this review request here on HN. Thank you guys! Thanks HN! It has been way more than I expected! There's a bottleneck somewhere in the algorithm that creates wordoids. That's why wordoid.com is irresponsive sometimes. The webserver and the database seem to run smoothly.
  - gills 17y ago
    Do you mean that when I click "go", the wordoid-generating algorithm is kicked off during the request cycle? Have you considered generating the wordoids asynchronously (offline) and keeping an index of them and their metadata?
misterbwong 17y ago
I'm having the same problem in both Firefox and Safari. A better waiting signal would cut down on the frustration of trying to figure out if it's working or just broken. It seems to be doing this for the english-only word searches. If you combine english with any other language, the process speeds up dramatically.

Brentley_11 17y ago

It also seems to be making a web request every second that just returns: {"Results":[]} Could the sudden popularity and the fact that this page is making a request every second without even hiting go mean that the site is essentially attacking itself?

op 17y ago

ironkeith, this most likely is a HN effect (luckily? :) The webapp has been developed with performance in mind, however I've already noticed some glitches to fix.

mitjak 17y ago
Well done Oleg but where's the Russian language on the side? =) I don't know if it's in the works or what, because wordoid just generated veter.com for me (which is still available). Would definitely be fun.
- op 17y ago
  I plan to add more languages (including Russian) when all the critical issues are settled.
- alanthonyc 17y ago
  I like this site very much! However, I'd consider it an advantage for Russian speakers to NOT have Russian on the list. As a speaker of another language also not on the list, I wouldn't want any automated competition on coming up with words with that basis. (My other language has been a gold mine for me. ;) )
op 17y ago
More on this: The website received about 3500 visitors during 12 hours after I posted this review request here on HN. Thank you guys! Thanks HN! It has been way more than I expected! There's a bottleneck somewhere in the algorithm that creates wordoids. That's why wordoid.com is irresponsive sometimes. The webserver and the database seem to run smoothly.
- gills 17y ago
  Do you mean that when I click "go", the wordoid-generating algorithm is kicked off during the request cycle? Have you considered generating the wordoids asynchronously (offline) and keeping an index of them and their metadata?

misterbwong 17y ago

I'm having the same problem in both Firefox and Safari. A better waiting signal would cut down on the frustration of trying to figure out if it's working or just broken. It seems to be doing this for the english-only word searches. If you combine english with any other language, the process speeds up dramatically.