Roadmap
What's new for the 2026-27 season
Everything below is public and honest: shipped means you can use it today, in progress means we're building it right now, next means we intend to — plans move when seasons do.
🆕 Shipped this season
Pick winners, watch the playoff picture reshuffle — plus a 100,000-run Monte Carlo simulator.
Open →Weekly picks with auto-scoring, survivor streaks, and live rank-range what-if panels.
Open →Host a pool, share one invite link, everyone enters a bracket. Custom round scoring.
Open →See what the crowd is picking and where your leverage is — by pool size.
Open →Selection Sunday field alert, tip-off and pool results — one email per event, no spam.
Open →🔨 In progress
The 68-team field populates the bracket within hours of the announcement — pipeline and two-person verification already rehearsed on last season's data.
Pool leaderboards re-score as real results land, round by round through the championship.
The capture list is live today; the sending infrastructure (verified domain, warmup) is the next infrastructure task.
🔭 Next up
Advanced simulation (opponent pick-rate comparison at depth), custom pool branding, ad-free, batch pool management. Core tools stay free forever.
Score and rank-change pings without email — PWA path.
MLB, NBA and World Cup pool tools — shaped by what this season's traffic asks for.
Spanish is the first non-English bracket — lower keyword competition, real pool culture.
Want one of these sooner — or want something not on the list? Tell us → Feature requests from real pools outrank our guesses.
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