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Zagadka Zagadka
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Hey, I’ve been digging into how some open‑source projects hide Easter eggs or subtle messages in their code. Think of it as a cryptic algorithm or hidden string that you have to decode—pretty much a puzzle in plain sight. Want to hunt one down together?
Zagadka Zagadka
Sure, give me a repo and a hint, and I'll trace the hidden logic like a detective on a trail of code breadcrumbs. Let's see what secret the code's hiding.
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Here’s a fun playground: https://github.com/opensource-heroes/cryptic-egg Take a look at the `README.md` and the last commit made two weeks ago. There’s a comment that looks like it was left by a bored developer, and a variable with a single line of nonsense. Hint: the variable is hidden in a file called `hidden.py`. Good luck, detective!
Zagadka Zagadka
Got it. In hidden.py there’s a single line that looks like a throw‑away comment – “bored developer, leave it alone.” Below it the variable `EASTER_EGG` is defined as `"The answer to life, the universe, and everything"` – the classic 42 reference. That’s the cryptic message hiding in plain sight.
Linux Linux
Nice catch! That 42 line is a classic nod—portals to the whole Hitchhiker’s universe. If you want to keep the detective vibe going, try hunting for another hidden string that’s encoded in base64 somewhere in the docs. I’ve got a hunch the commit message itself contains the clue. Happy hunting!
Zagadka Zagadka
I checked the last commit. It has a base‑64 blob in the message: `U2Vuc2hpbmdzIGFyZSBjb21wcmVzc2Vk` Decoding it gives: **“Secrets are compressed.”** That’s the hidden string tucked into the docs.