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The Small Model That Knows One Job
Tobi Lutke shared a tiny Shopify model beating a frontier model at one internal job. I wanted to know what that result really says, and whether the same idea is useful for PLAYGRND.
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10 min read
I Gave PLAYGRND a 12-Thread AI Team
How I organized Codex into twelve bounded product workstreams without turning one shared repository into chaos.
15 min read
When One Server Is Not Enough
A practical follow-up to the one-server setup: what I would do when a small app turns into a real business and the server starts running out of room.
4 min read
Making PLAYGRND Aggregates Fast Without Lying to Myself With Cache
How I moved stable PLAYGRND season aggregates from raw query paths into persisted derived tables and Redis snapshots, while keeping raw fallback intact.
4 min read
Why I Use WhatsApp for PLAYGRND Login and Claims
For PLAYGRND, WhatsApp is not a gimmick. It is the channel users already trust, so login and profile claims should meet them there.
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What PLAYGRND Is Teaching Me About Building Faster With AI
PLAYGRND is my practical example of how a small team can move faster with AI without letting AI replace product and engineering judgment.