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Making Every 5x5 Nonogram: Part 2 – Scaling, Bots, and Bugs

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The post is a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges faced while creating a collaborative web game to solve all 5x5 Nonogram puzzles, with the discussion continuing this narrative.

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okayestjoel
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Every 5x5 Nonogram was a collaborative, realtime web game released earlier this year with the ambitious goal to (collectively) solve all ~25 million line-solvable nonogram puzzles.

This is Part 2 in a behind-the-scenes look at some of the challenges in creating a public web game that anyone could play.

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