Mechanical engineer · coder · curious builder · Ithaca, NY
Coding projects — 02
A fantasy football draft site that tries to answer a fairly important question: who should I actually pick now?
The story so far
A ranking list looks useful until the draft starts. Every pick changes what is left, what my roster needs, and what everyone else is likely to do. Fourth Down tries to keep track of all of that without turning the draft into a spreadsheet marathon.
A background worker re-ranks players using overall value, roster fit, positional demand, and tier breaks. In less technical terms, the board changes its mind as the league changes its mind.
The browser companion and Netlify functions move draft picks into the interface while the ESPN login information stays with ESPN. This part is still in development, because live data has a habit of being less cooperative than demo data.
View the Fantasy Site repositoryIn practice
Real captures from the working project, kept alongside the decisions and lessons behind it.
