Kasra Rahjerdi on Warpcast

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a whole new set of mini apps are viable now with the ability to minimize in mobile and have apps on the side on desktop i think backgammon/chess type would be fun i'm biased on backgammon but chess is popular these days

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@jc4p loves backgammon. I just learned this about him

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so the issue with a backgammon mini app is rn the best backgammon engine in the world is paid and windows only, the second best is GNUbg which is GPL and unusable in paid or monetized products, and the other alternatives are like 3 steps down the ladder — i am making my own engine, then want my own app + mini app

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which one does backgammon galaxy use? or do they have proprietary? you are actually making one?

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so backgammon galaxy allows you to export your games to get them analyzed by xtreme gammon or gnubg on your computer, because neither are usable within their product legally, and then it has its own engine. idk what ELO its own engine is at but xg and gnubg are elite tier, mine is going to be also

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and yes this is real, my spin also is built in LLM to explain _why_ one move is better than another vs just tell you the optimal move https://warpcast.com/jc4p/0x125af095

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dude this is sick

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it seems like such low hanging fruit but i talked to my uncle about this for a while and he said the lowest hanging fruit that'd make the most money is just doing vision AI from cam recordings --> transcribing for analysis, at a tournament rn each game has a person just watching and transcribing

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are tournaments a big market tho? i feel like the biggest backgammon market is the people that are yet to know it exists. backgammon galaxy is a great brand but it's a bit too advanced to get newbies in. good opportunity for a newbie top of the funnel

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which do you think is easiest to make money with? i was just asking my uncle this too. he thinks for pro tools they'd be more willing to pay ASAP, for education use you have to also grow a market (people wanting to get into backgammon)

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yeah i mean depends if you want to have a smaller/easier business i think you are right, building a tool that helps people that are into it learn and get better is an easier one: it's easier to define what the product should be and easier to target via social media and sell it. if you want to shoot for something generational and big i think bacgkammon could become a lot bigger than it is today. but the challenge is to grow the market and figure out how to do it. lol

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