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Show HN: FactBomb – A fast daily trivia game with zero friction

https://www.factbomb.com/
1•simonakis•3h ago
Hi HN,

I made FactBomb, a minimalist daily trivia game. Currently, it has 2 daily modes: - A casual mode with 15 questions identical for all users for the day, so you can compete asynchronously against your friends. - A competitive mode (also 15 questions in total) where strategy, luck, and knowledge all play a role in getting a high score and adding your name to the daily leaderboard.

Both pull from a pool of over 5000 questions across 17 categories.

You can play instantly - no sign-up or login required.

I had no coding experience prior to that. I built Factbomb using AI - it does a surprisingly good job at teaching coding and helping with code. My budget was 24 USD for a ChatGPT subscription, 6 USD for some API tokens, and 12 USD for the domain.

The question database is also created using AI, but with a lot of editing, deduping, and manual rewriting.

I wanted a no-distraction quiz experience with a daily challenge mechanic. It's built using React.js. It tracks your score and streak locally and has a leaderboard (simple Firebase) for competitive mode. I have several ideas for the future, but I want to see how the game fares at the moment. It's already a complete product, but in no way finished.

Would love feedback, bug reports, or trivia lovers who want to submit new questions!

https://factbomb.com

Thanks!

Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/three-weeks-after-acquiring-windsurf-cognition-offers-staff-the-exit-door/
1•ABS•1m ago•0 comments

Azure Messaging Connect: New Way to Deliver Short Message Service (SMS) Globally

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/communication-services/concepts/sms/messaging-connect
1•teleforce•6m ago•0 comments

Built an interactive search engine for Wonosobo using Leaflet and Google CSE

https://wonosobo.netlify.app/
1•imaade•8m ago•0 comments

Achieving Multitenancy in a Rails App Using CurrentAttributes

https://hashrocket.com/blog/posts/achieving-multitenancy-in-a-rails-app-using-currentattributes
1•doppp•8m ago•0 comments

New Featuress: Launching Version 14.3 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2025/08/new-features-everywhere-launching-version-14-3-of-wolfram-language-mathematica/
1•nsoonhui•11m ago•0 comments

A word memory game to train your brain and learn 60k words in 11 languages

https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/brainofwords/id6748838931
1•batuhankucuk•11m ago•1 comments

Ranked: Top 25 Universities Outside the U.S.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-top-25-universities-outside-the-u-s/
1•teleforce•14m ago•0 comments

North America's tallest RAM idol rises in Mississauga

https://www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/trips-tours/north-america-s-tallest-ram-idol-rises-in-mississauga-netizens-say-make-canada-great-again-101754396855304.html
1•mhga•18m ago•0 comments

How to Read So You Retain Information

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiNB-6SuqVA
1•cybermantruck•21m ago•0 comments

Kagan Says She Was Impressed by AI Bot Claude's Legal Analysis

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/kagan-says-she-was-impressed-by-ai-bot-claudes-legal-analysis
1•bobbiechen•24m ago•0 comments

New Game Center

https://c2.mountfun.net/?bm=iblockescape
1•yescpu•27m ago•0 comments

Mars the Arrival: an ode to the slowest game in the world

https://gyrovague.com/2021/10/27/mars-the-arrival-an-ode-to-the-slowest-game-in-the-world/
2•decimalenough•34m ago•1 comments

Anthropic rejects the main developer of the library they use

https://grell.dev/blog/ai_rejection
79•serhack_•36m ago•42 comments

Elon Musk's xAI accused of breaking $50K data contract

1•VIC513•37m ago•1 comments

RamaLama – Local LLMs with accelerated container images

https://ramalama.ai/
1•splitbrain•37m ago•0 comments

Chinese government has 'final say' in Dalai Lama reincarnation, official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-government-has-final-say-dalai-lama-reincarnation-tibetan-official-says-2025-08-05/
3•mhga•40m ago•1 comments

Thousands of Company directors leave UK after Labour's tax changes

https://www.ft.com/content/a3fc89ea-6e9a-4795-9d42-e555551d0a0f
3•colesantiago•42m ago•5 comments

Grok's 'spicy' video setting instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes

https://www.theverge.com/report/718975/xai-grok-imagine-taylor-swifty-deepfake-nudes
2•croes•43m ago•0 comments

Some thoughts on journals, refereeing, and the P vs. NP problem

https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2025/08/some-thoughts-on-journals-refereeing.html
3•luu•50m ago•0 comments

Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/04/perplexity-accused-of-scraping-websites-that-explicitly-blocked-ai-scraping/
2•kiyanwang•51m ago•0 comments

EU Revives Plan to Ban Private Messaging

https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-revives-plan-to-ban-private-messaging
4•like_any_other•54m ago•0 comments

Peak Flow – An AI-Powered Task Planner That Aligns with Your Daily Energy Levels

2•rashempandit48•54m ago•0 comments

GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out

https://www.businessinsider.com/github-ceo-developers-embrace-ai-or-get-out-2025-8
7•pera•57m ago•1 comments

Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/06/chemical-pollution-threat-comparable-climate-change-scientists-warn-novel-entities
2•beardyw•57m ago•0 comments

Pyrrhonism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhonism
2•goplayoutside•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Arwayda – Transform text documents into professional visuals

https://arwayda.replit.app/
1•codachris•1h ago•0 comments

US research station staff evacuated from Antarctica

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/mcmurdo-station-antarctica-medical-evacuation
2•Bluestein•1h ago•1 comments

Show HN: Generate Perfect Anime Feet with AI

https://www.animefeet.online
1•pekingzcc•1h ago•0 comments

Peak Flow – An AI-Powered Task Planner That Aligns with Your Daily Energy Levels

https://80148b5ef306.ngrok-free.app/early-access
1•rashempandit48•1h ago•1 comments

Rethinking devtools: Escaping the Cloud and SaaS trap

2•kiselitza•1h ago•1 comments