Show HN: LangWhich – a 30‑second daily challenge to recognize languages
langwhich.appHi HN - I built LangWhich (https://langwhich.app), a quick browser game where you try to visually recognize the world’s most spoken languages—just from the written form of a single word or phrase.
It’s a 5‑round daily challenge shared by all players: - 30 seconds total to finish all 5 rounds - Each round shows a different language - Choose the correct one from 5 multiple‑choice options - Scoring: 15 points per correct answer + up to 25 bonus for speed (max 100)
It currently rotates among the 20 most spoken languages, mixing different scripts (Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, Devanagari, Kana) and closely related orthographies (e.g. Dutch vs German, French vs Portuguese).
Thanks for checking it out! I’d appreciate any feedback or questions.
Quick sneak peek behind the scenes... I've spent years as a software engineer, but I finally decided to try my hand at "vibe coding". I built this game with Replit almost instantaneously. It was a breath of fresh air to build something so quickly after having spent years in the slow development of the real world. I've been tweaking aspects of the game & code for the past week, and I'm sure I'll continue to do so. Let me know if you run into any issues or have suggestions for how to improve it. Is it too easy? Too hard? Too stressful?