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Building Scorecrypt in the open.
The decisions, the tradeoffs, and what it takes to give coaches their time back. Follow along, and tell me where I am wrong.
Why I'm building Scorecrypt in public
Most wrestling software gets built behind closed doors and shows up as a finished sales pitch. I'm doing the opposite, and here's why.
Wrestling deserves software built for wrestling
I coached with a spreadsheet on one screen and five apps on the other. That's not a workflow. That's a coping mechanism.
Set up your roster by weight class in one sitting
Track works like the internet stopped in 1999. Matboss traps you on a tablet with no keyboard. I built rostering for how you actually work.
Run weigh-ins in the room, not on a clipboard
Weigh-ins are a fifteen minute window that decides who competes. Most of us still run them with a clipboard and a pen. Then we run them again.
SafeSport-compliant messaging: built in, not bolted on
Remind and Band can send a message. Neither was built for wrestling or for the responsibility that comes with a roster full of minors. You can retire both.