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This is most of the backend for @findabigword.bsky.social. It posts a new grid every eight hours.
- postToBluesky.ts, chron val that does the posting.
- scramble.ts and retryFill is where seeded words get turned into puzzles.
- viewBoardSolutions is an endpoint for bigwordbot.val.run/ that just works as solver for 4x4 orthographic grid games. Give it 16 characters as a route: https://bigwordbot.val.run/ALEXWEINISNTCOOL
Until 2025-11-28, the bot was powered by the Vals below.
- bluesky_bot_template previous version of the bluesky bot.
- gridEdit5x5 is a vibe-coded editor for creating grids with black spaces.
- gridRetryFill contains the core function for taking a word and embedding it in a grid.
- fabwbogglelike calls
gridRetryFilland uses Observable plot to create an svg. This version swaps out Observable Plot for vanilla SVG.