Issue #11
This week's lineup is unusually self-aware: a game about guessing GitHub stars, a 60-second take on AI agent permission fatigue, and a word puzzle built for programmers. If you've ever clicked "approve" one too many times, you'll feel seen. Forward it to a dev friend who needs a break from their terminal.
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Featured: Star Guessr
GeoGuessr, but for open source: you're shown a GitHub repository and have to guess how many stars it has. It sounds easy until you leave the household names behind and realize you have no idea whether that niche CLI tool has 200 stars or 20,000. A quick, humbling test of how well you really know the ecosystem.
This Week's Picks
Continue? Y/N
A 60-second game about AI agent permission fatigue, and the runaway HN hit of the week at 376 points. You play the human frantically clicking "approve" as an AI agent fires off request after request. Uncomfortably relatable if you've ever babysat a coding agent.
Phive
A Gomoku-like strategy game where the goal is to line up five in a row before your opponent does. Play solo against the computer or pass-and-play with a friend. Easy to pick up, deceptively tricky to actually win.
Coder Words
An offline-first word puzzle built specifically for programmers, drawing its vocabulary from the world of code. It's a PWA, so it works with no connection at all. A perfect brain-teaser for your next compile break.
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