# Continue? Y/N

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Continue? Y/N and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Short browser game where you approve or deny AI agent shell commands, showing how security-conscious you are. Critics say it is too easy and misjudges which commands are safe.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun to play (3 comments): "Fun game, but it showed the lack of security hygiene employed by the game writer." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48312382)) "Fun! Played twice and refused all dangerous commands, with only one "over-block"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311115)) "That was fun and gave me an idea how security conscious I am." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311195))
- Shows how security-conscious you are (2 comments): "That was fun and gave me an idea how security conscious I am." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311195)) "Nice game to aware the security." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48342270))

## What people warn about

- Misjudges which commands are safe (3 comments): "the game seems to assert that the kill is safe to run" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314655)) "It suggests that "kill $(lsof -t -i:3000)" is completely safe, which it's not" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322363)) "Weird to make reading zshrc supposed unsafe when I happily publish it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48313561))
- Threat model seems poorly considered (2 comments): "Maybe it doesn't really understand the threat model." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48310698)) "The whole premise IMO is pretty flawed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322973))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [TinyWind](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tinywind.md): 61 recommend
- [Starfling](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starfling.md): 59 recommend
- [Starcraft: Ashfall](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft-ashfall.md): 46 recommend
- [Half-Life 2 in a Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life-2.md): 42 recommend
- [Number Gacha](https://hackerapproved.com/p/number-gacha.md): 33 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Continue? Y/N", https://hackerapproved.com/p/continue-y-n/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).