Traffic Is Expensive - Shorter JSON Keys Really Do Help
Traffic costs are a lot more expensive than most people think. Just shortening JSON key names cut our bandwidth by more than 20%.
Apr 18, 2026
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Apple Game PlusLIVEPlaying LIVE
A real-time multiplayer puzzle game played by over 100,000 users
ColorTiles+
Multiplayer color tiles race - same seeded board, beat the clock
ChiCle
CHZZK clip search
Japanese Donation TTS
Convert Korean text to Japanese pronunciation
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100k Active Users on Google Analytics
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Search Impact Reached 30K
Search Impact 30K. Actual search traffic is much higher but currently counted as referrer.
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Apple Game Board Generation Analysis
We analyzed 500 boards from the original Apple Game using OCR and statistical methods to understand how boards are generated.
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Apple Game Difficulty Analysis
We discovered that the total sum of all numbers strongly predicts difficulty, and built a 6-level rating system.
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To Slash or Not to Slash at the End of a URL
A trailing / can make a URL look like a separate page to a search engine. Unified sitemap / canonical / hreflang / links across the site.
Apr 16, 2026
Getting the Timing Right in Online Games
Multiplayer has to be built assuming network delay. Sharing a time reference and splicing remote events into your own timeline makes playing 'together' with someone dozens of ms in the past still feel natural.
Apr 11, 2026