The state of fandom.
Dispatches from inside the sports-media shift. What fans actually watch, how they rate it, and why the box score stopped being the point.
Shipping Buzzr Bets: how we OCR'd every PrizePicks and Underdog slip
A deep dive into the engineering behind Buzzr's DFS tracker, Claude Vision OCR, linkage v2, scoreboard-direct settlement, and the auto-grading pipeline shipping across NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL.
ReadBuilding Buzzr: how we shipped the Letterboxd for sports in 12 weeks
From a Notion doc in February to 47 leagues live in May, the engineering, design, and product calls behind a multi-sport rating app built by a small team.
ReadWhat makes a 9.8: how the Buzzr Score works
Not a win probability. Not a power rating. A fan-facing 1–10 score built from three dimensions: chaos, energy, drama. Here's the methodology.
ReadEsports isn’t eating traditional sports. It’s teaching them how to watch.
A $640M audience, Saudi’s $60M Esports World Cup, and Olympic recognition. The real story isn’t cannibalization , it’s format transfer.
ReadBetting fatigue: the sportsbook boom is starting to break
$140B in annual handle, calls to problem-gambling helplines up 500%, and a federal bill on the table. Inside the cultural backlash to legal sports betting.
ReadHow the group chat ate the sports bar: the rise of second-screen sports
85% of sports viewers now use a second screen. The group chat, not the living room, is where the game actually happens. Inside the shift.
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