When I visited friends back in my hometown, they introduced me to Magic: The Gathering, a trading card game with lots of deep lore playing formats, and fun. I really liked the game, and went to lots of local tournaments. However, I saw one problem: hosting tournaments wa very difficult: we were playing a format called "Commander" which involves 4 players paired against each other.
My solution? To build a tournament organizing tool which let hosts add participants, create round pairings (with complex algorithms), and easily determine round + tournament winners. This was also an opportunity for me to learn Elixir, a programming language I worked with at a previous role. Funnily enough, I didn’t like Elixir at first, but now it’s my favorite programming language!
Tie Breaker is now being used by multiple stores across Panama; I’m very grateful for their support.