Show HN: Spindle, a cross between Wordle and a Rubik's Cube made in PHP

I was late to wordle, so I am also late to making my own version.

In Spindle, you rotate words on a grid with the aim of assembling the day’s target word. I enjoy it, so I thought some of you might enjoy it too.

From a tech perspective, it’s a very simple Laravel / Livewire app. My happy place in recent years has been Typescript and SvelteKit, so this was a bit of an adjustment, but it allowed me to take advantage of an existing shared hosting server meaning no additional financial outlay. Happy to report a positive experience with PHP and this framework, although I do miss types! Deploying with rsync feels enjoyably old school.

(I gather PHP does have types now, but perhaps I’m using the wrong IDE or need a specific VS.Code plugin…)

Very happy to answer any questions, although I’m the first to admit it’s very simple from a tech perspective. Your guess at how it was implemented is probably a better solution than what I actually did :)

Happy holidays all!

Show HN: Spindle, a cross between Wordle and a Rubik's Cube made in PHP
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The instructions could use maybe a few examples on how to make a move -- but I figured it out. The game is tough and challenging, but it's really satisfying when you make progress. Well done!

PHP does indeed have good support for types now. Laravel as a framework generally eschews them, but it's flexible enough to make it developer preference really.

EDIT: https://github.com/clarewolftrust/spindle (but definitely take it with a grain of salt!)

It is literally my first php project in years, though, and first Laravel project ever, so might not be the best educational reference!