Yes or No Decider
Get a random Yes or No answer to any question, with a bundled prompt pack and recent-answer log.
Written by Golam Rabbani, Founder & Lead Engineer
How to use this yes or no decider
- Type any yes/no question into the input field, or press Surprise me to pull a random prompt from the bundled list.
- Press Decide (or hit Enter) to get a single Yes or No answer drawn from a 50/50 random coin flip.
- The big result appears above the green panel; recent answers are logged below so you can re-read what you asked.
- Press Reset to clear the input, the current answer, and the recent history at the same time.
- Press Copy to put the question and its answer on your clipboard as plain text.
About this yes or no decider
Yes or No is a quick decider that flips a 50/50 coin between Yes and No whenever you submit a question. The randomness is sourced from window.crypto.getRandomValues, which is a cryptographically strong RNG in modern browsers and avoids the patterns occasionally produced by Math.random. There is no AI, no probability weighting, and no remembered context — each press is an independent fair flip. The Surprise me button picks one of 40 bundled prompts at random so you do not have to think of a question.
The tool keeps a session-only history of your ten most recent answers so you can scan back over what you asked. The history also drives a small Yes vs No counter so you can see, over a short run, whether the flips happened to lean one way. Over a few hundred trials the proportions converge toward 50/50; over five trials they will rarely be exactly even — that is expected variance, not bias.
Worked example: type the question "Should I go for a walk?", press Decide, and the panel might display the answer "Yes". The history row records: "Yes — Should I go for a walk?". Press Decide again on the same question and a different roll runs — you might get "No" the second time. Press Surprise me and it loads, e.g., "Should I order pizza tonight?" then flips for it. Use the tool as a tie-breaker when you genuinely cannot decide; the random answer often surfaces which option you secretly wanted by the gut reaction it triggers.
FAQ
- Is the answer truly random?
- It is drawn from window.crypto.getRandomValues, a cryptographically strong RNG in modern browsers. Each press is independent and there is no bias toward Yes or No.
- Why did I get the same answer three times in a row?
- Streaks are normal in a 50/50 process. The probability of three matching flips in a row is 25 percent; over a session of ten questions you should see at least one streak more often than not.
- Where do the Surprise me prompts come from?
- They come from a bundled list of 40 questions committed to the repo at lib/data/yes-no-prompts.ts. No network requests are made.
- Can I see past answers?
- Yes — the most recent ten answers appear in the history list below the result panel. Pressing Reset clears the history.
- Does the tool save anything?
- No. Everything is held in memory for the current page session and is wiped when you refresh or close the tab.
- Should I use this for serious decisions?
- It is meant for low-stakes choices — coffee vs tea, take the walk or not. For serious decisions, treat the answer as a tie-breaker rather than a recommendation.