<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: jamesjessian</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jamesjessian</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:13:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=jamesjessian" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jamesjessian in "Mathematics of the daily word game Waffle"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, I agree :)<p>Thank you. I try to keep it neat and tidy, despite the ads. I spent more time on the drag and drop aesthetics than anything else before I first released it. The little things really do matter, after all.</p>
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<p>Oh, this is very relaxing. Lovely game!</p>
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<p>No, it's just a knock-off, attempting to pass off as something affiliated with NYT. I like to think our original game at wafflegame.net is still the superior choice!</p>
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<p>Yes, I can confirm (as the creator) that it is not a NYT game. I wanted to create something as simple as Wordle, but that didn't rely on luck.
I presume that the author put NYT in the title to catch attention. I can't think why else.</p>
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<p>Oh, glad to hear that you like it :) I created Waffle.<p>Yes, it's sort of evolved over time really. Brute force with heuristics, I'd say. The word list is certainly important, along with a few other things that I like to think keep the level of quality above the inferior knock-offs.</p>
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