I’ve been building this side project for years — today I finally put it on Product Hunt

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Hey everyone, I've been building a side project called Leagology for a stupidly long time, and today I've put it on Product Hunt. I run a pub in Kent and have been putting pool tournaments on there for years. They always finished the same way. Bracket off the wall. Scores in the bin. Everyone remembers who won, but give it a few weeks and nobody remembers what actually happened. So I started building something to keep the night alive after the night had finished. Leagology puts the draw on the big screen, records matches as they happen, and gives every player a rating that follows them into the next tournament. You can see who's improving, who's getting found out, and who's apparently a lot better than their results suggest. 😂 It's grown into a proper tournament system now, with different formats, rankings, player stats, match history and live scoring. Pool is where I've really tested it because that's what I run myself. The players at my pub love it, which is a good start! But I've spent so long building it that I'm probably a bit too close to it now. I want to see what people who don't know me or my pub make of it. So I've put it on Product Hunt today. If anyone fancies having a look, I'd genuinely appreciate some honest feedback. What's good, what's rubbish, what am I missing? Feel free to rip it apart. https://www.producthunt.com/products/leagology?launch=leagology And if you've ever built a side project that slowly turned into something much bigger than you intended, I'd be interested to hear about that too. Cheers!   submitted by   /u/baljassal [link]   [comments]