The author reminisces about one of the first programs they wrote: a Java program to find valid English crossword fills given a grid pattern. Surprisingly, the jar file was still accessible on MediaFire in 2024, and the program ran successfully on a 2023 MacBook Air. The program uses beam search and Java Swing for the UI. It only renders every N guesses on the screen to save time. The author humorously notes that the program is very yellow in color. Download the jar file and enjoy a weekend of puzzling fun!
https://github.com/khiner/CrosswordFiller