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One of my quizzes included the copyright header for swift which was a giveaway, another was simply a pair of closing brackets and no other text at all, making it impossible. Overall the other ones that worked when it did work were fun though.

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Oh, such cases can ruin the fun of the game. It's best to remove them as much as possible. Thanks for letting me know!

Also please colorize the source code and use Fira code or something snazzy :)

maybe gradual hints should be shown as the counter gets closer to zero?

Hint: Language is Javascript

Hint: Owner is "Facebook"

Hint: Other languages used in the repo include

HTML 2.8% CSS 1.5% C++ 1.0% TypeScript 0.5% CoffeeScript 0.4% Other 0.2%

Thanks! Indeed, giving hints is a good idea. For now, I've made a change to provide hints based on the language and logo. I guess if the owner is revealed, it might become too easy due to the auto-complete UI.

right..the autocomplete UI itself could be a hint..

i was thinking it could be like hangman style..

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