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+# Higher-lower
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+A very simple guessing game, built as a http API in golang.
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+I used the stdlib for networking, Google's UUID to generate game IDs and `go-playground`'s validator to validate basic property checks
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+This is a simple learning project. If you find and errors/have any suggestions, please create an issue :)