Update: v0.1.0 - Alpha Launch

Released: July 22, 2025

First alpha release! Tuggy is now live for early testing.

What's New

Core Features

• ✨ Matchup creation - Create 1v1 battles with custom titles and contestants
• 🗳️ Real-time voting - Click to vote with live global sync via Supabase
• 📊 Vote visualization - Dynamic progress bars showing current standings
• 🔄 Vote batching - Efficient client-side batching reduces database load by 90%
• 🌐 Wildcard subdomains - Each matchup gets its own URL (matchup.tuggy.io)

Technical

• Built on SvelteKit 4 + TypeScript
• Supabase backend with Postgres and Realtime
• Deployed on Fly.io with global edge network
• Vote batching every 1 second
• Optimistic updates for instant UI feedback

Known Issues

• Mobile Safari has 300ms touch delay (fix coming in next update)
• Vote counters jump instead of animating smoothly
• No particle effects yet
• Limited error handling
• Desktop-only optimization (mobile needs work)

Performance

• ~300-500ms page load time
• Handles 100+ concurrent voters per matchup
• Sub-100ms perceived click latency on desktop
• Database writes reduced from ~500/min to ~60/min

What's Next

Working on mobile optimization, touch event handling, and visual polish. Stay tuned for v0.2.0!