Notes, research, and build logs from OshiZi.https://oshizi.com/enhttps://oshizi.com/blog/ssr-bottleneck/https://oshizi.com/blog/ssr-bottleneck/Auto scaling was enabled, but the service still fell over. The real problem was the per-request cost of SSR.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oshizi.com/blog/solving-apple-game-optimally/https://oshizi.com/blog/solving-apple-game-optimally/Apple Game looks simple, but finding the optimal move sequence is a hard combinatorial search problem.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oshizi.com/blog/what-affects-apple-game-scores/https://oshizi.com/blog/what-affects-apple-game-scores/Which board-level indicators actually predict Apple Game scores? We compared multiple measurable features.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oshizi.com/blog/extracting-boards-with-ocr/https://oshizi.com/blog/extracting-boards-with-ocr/How we built an automated OCR pipeline to extract hundreds of Apple Game boards from screenshots.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oshizi.com/blog/how-apple-game-boards-are-generated/https://oshizi.com/blog/how-apple-game-boards-are-generated/Reverse-engineering the original Apple Game board generation using statistical methods.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oshizi.com/blog/rejection-sampling/https://oshizi.com/blog/rejection-sampling/Explaining the rejection sampling algorithm used in Apple Game board generation.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://oshizi.com/blog/greedy-solver/https://oshizi.com/blog/greedy-solver/Why we chose a greedy solver as a difficulty baseline and how it approximates human play.Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT