Ask HN: Why is Wordle getting so popular?
Is it just me or does every other post on here have to do with some Wordle clone? I enjoy the game, it's fun, but how come HN and the tech community is obsessed with it all the sudden?
Wordle came out recently, so it's not like HN could have been obsessed with it years ago.
It's not just the tech community - non-techies in my family like it.
You may not remember it, but Sudoku became widely popular starting around 2005. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku#Modern_Sudoku .
This lead to an number of tech people to develop solvers, perhaps Novig's being the most famous, and Ron Jeffries TDD-based failed attempt perhaps the most infamous.
You can see traces of that period on HN at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=18&prefix=false&q...