THG 🏁

Driven by the future, inspired by the heroes. Building the new era of crypto, one nostalgic story at a time. Founder @dotfun - next at @traitordotfun

[taylor @taydotfun]

you can tell a guy takes the G train by how he stands on the L

[taylor @taydotfun]

youtube UI makes it way too hard to bounce between stages and see whos on

so we built the best way to actually surf coachella
- stream all 7 stages at the same time
- see whos playing now + next
- auto-converts set times to your timezone
- 1200+ live trivia questions to play w friends

[taylor @taydotfun]

the coachella livestream is lowkey unusable

so i built something better

every stage at once + live trivia 👇

[taylor @taydotfun]

spotify was missing one thing

[taylor @taydotfun]

anyone can start an idea (!!!) but shipping a live app to prod is still the hard part

we spent 29 hours building a live @coachella trivia game this past weekend

heres where our time went 👇

0:30 — scaffold
Next.js, Tailwind, TypeScript, base UI

2:30 — trivia engine
real-time voting, answer reveals, scoring, streaks

1:00 — auth
guest mode + accounts

1:00 — db + infra
Prisma, Redis (real-time), cron game loop

0:15 — domain + DNS
buy domain + Cloudflare setup

1:00 — production server
Linode, PM2, deploy + routing

1:00 — squads + leaderboards
QR invites, team play

0:30 — prod tuning
env vars, Redis config, debugging

3:30 — livestream capture
snapshots of all 7 Coachella stages every minute

1:00 — security + admin
rate limits, answer controls, testing tools

2:00 — launch bugs
desyncs, dupes, scoring edge cases

1:00 — AI trivia system
1,266 questions across 124 artists

2:00 — archive + timelapse
scrub any stage like video

0:30 — anti-cheat
progressive answer elimination (no leaks)

3:00 — 24/7 game loop
hourly games, sessions, breaks, winners

1:00 — gameplay refactor
artist-based answers, image cards

2:00 — UI polish
mobile-first, timers, break states

1:30 — social sharing
export cards for X + IG

1:00 — Discord bot
slash commands, private voting, leaderboard

[taylor @taydotfun]

we just turned @coachella into a game

live stages + HQ-style trivia all weekend

play along at https://t.co/p9Q46FCO1O

[taylor @taydotfun]

the EFF quit X and blamed reach

@nikitabier already called it
headline + link just doesnt work anymore

so we built @eff_digest
every article rewritten as a thread that spreads

[taylor @taydotfun]

nyc already has rhythm

@joshuawolk just gave the G train a sax

[taylor @taydotfun]

been in a rut so im designing my way out of it

shipping 1 prototype a day

maybe we can find inspiration together 👇

[taylor @taydotfun]

so @spotify used to have a secret visualizer
if you typed spotify:app:visualizer it unlocked

they killed it years ago

so i hacked a winamp viz back in

[THG 🏁 @thgdotfun]

@taydotfun that's so nostalgic

[taylor @taydotfun]

soundcoins failed bc they tried to be smart

the correct version is probably dumber
ps1.wav
nflx.wav
mario.wav

would this reboot the trenches?

[taylor @taydotfun]

finally installed @openclaw and now my app folder has opinions wtf

[taylor @taydotfun]

they are auctioning off a street name in SF

which means some VC or billion dollar startup is about to name a street after themselves

or we buy it together? and turn the sign into a URL and sell each day so it redirects to you

if 500 people like this, well build it

[jesse.base.eth @jessepollak]

@davidtsocy @base all these launched in the last week which is kind of insane:

@PixieChess
@traitordotfun
@GromaCorp
@noise_xyz
@DotA_Agents

[jesse.base.eth @jessepollak]

@anemalFTM @davidtsocy @base @PixieChess @traitordotfun @GromaCorp @noise_xyz @DotA_Agents I would call traitor and pixiechess art :)

[taylor @taydotfun]

created "Okay Cats" in 60 seconds on @traitordotfun

didnt launch it on mainnet out of respect
but yeah… this is how fast drops work now

[taylor @taydotfun]

i love Racer, Traitor, Ribbit, and Cartridge Cult
but Smashed is still the most fun game weve made

[taylor @taydotfun]

shipped some upgrades to traitor drop pages

you can now see:
- what rarities are actually in play
- whats been burned
- what hasnt been minted yet

no other drops really show you the full board like this in real time. go betray your friends on @traitordotfun

[Traitor @traitordotfun]

this is how nft drops should work in 2026