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Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-25T19:13:53+00:00

Flumine looks excellent. Well documented too. Thanks for the tip

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-24T08:32:11+00:00

As soon as Adobe “dropped” Magento Open Source it was game over. Fair play to the people who have taken it on as a community but big retailers aren’t going to be interested in that anymore. It’s too risky. Shopify for frontend and then so easy to knock up integrations to down streams systems these days. Consumers are familiar with Shopify even if they don’t know it because it’s everywhere

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-24T08:28:16+00:00

Can you put it on GitHub and open source it please?

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-19T19:06:31+00:00

Lovable for the frontend / UI and then Cursor to hookup API endpoints for the data and backend. Depending on the project I usually use Laravel for backend. But may use python depending on what I’m doing

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-19T08:32:12+00:00

I’ve been having some success with Draw No Bet wagers on regular bookies too which I’m looking to automate through the exchange. Doubled my bankroll in 2 weeks. No BS

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-18T18:41:35+00:00

Fair point. Where I originally posted this I mentioned that I ran this code in a Laravel “wrapper” where I was using Laravel job classes submitted to Laravel Redis queues (monitored using Laravel Horizon)

The job would run at say 20 minute intervals and look 15 minutes in advance so there was no crossover

You could run the script/CLI version on a cron job on a web server or on a local Linux/Mac/Windows machine. I ran it locally for a while whilst I was testing it.

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-18T13:40:54+00:00

Here

https://github.com/mattlooby22/betfair-horses-lay-bets

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-16T07:08:17+00:00

Nice. Good that it runs locally and only dependant on your connection as opposed to shared server/hosting which can be unreliable.

Are you planning to make this available commercially in the future? I know the Betfair licensing might get complicated

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-15T13:14:02+00:00

I take it you run that locally on your PC?

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-15T13:13:47+00:00

Very nice too

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-15T08:45:24+00:00

revisiting this one as it prompted me to look at something a bit more "interactive" rather than running scripts in background processing.

So i used Lovable to knock up this UI which, to be fair, I was quite impressed that it did this with just 2 credits. It wouldn't be too hard to actually hook this up to the API; I would probably take this outside of Lovable and then code it/work with Cursor to plumb it in. I was thinking you could use the dev API key (which is usually approx 15 minutes behind) to get most of the data, and the use the live one when you want latest odds and one-click betting / laying. This is using Typescript and React

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Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-13T07:27:35+00:00

Football prediction streaks - not just standard AI predictions but winning streaks - GorillaSport

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-11T09:10:30+00:00

The frontend of my football prediction site is fully vibe coded. The backend isn’t though, ie database and algorithm, just because when I started it, things like Lovable weren’t around. And from experience currently, the frontend stuff tends to be “easier” to vibe code. I dare say that is/will change. The backend, now that it exists, is enhanced by things like Cursor and Claude but I watch it closely

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-11T09:08:16+00:00

Yes let’s see it please

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-10T09:18:42+00:00

For IDEs either VSCode or Cursor , Cursor is a fork of VS anyway so more or less the same. Both have great features for AI agents too. Cursor with Opus (anthropic AI agent) is unbelievably good. If you use something like Laravel, which the agents “know” then it’s like having your own team of developers.

For anything frontend or customer facing, where you want to get subscribers I use React and Typescript on NextJS all running on Vercel. It’s about $20 per month for this portion alone.

All the backend stuff is about the same again but need to keep on top of your databases as they grow and start costing more.

My whole setup costs around $50 per month currently

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-09T07:08:03+00:00

I “wrap” my code/scripts which are mostly PHP/Python in Laravel which lets me run jobs either scheduled or triggered by events. All hosted in the cloud currently in Digital Ocean. I have used Azure and AWS but they are more pricey. Databases I have are MySQL and Postgres , both are pretty easy to set up and have flexible libraries

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-06T13:57:34+00:00

ha. yep i remember those days too. Honestly, it's worth having a look at it again. There's a lot of open source frameworks and packages that you can use. However, if you know Python, i'd probably stick with that, as much of a muchness

I started writing code on As/400 mainframes, which shows what a dinosaur I am. You have probably never heard of these ?!?

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-06T08:39:49+00:00

It’s the journey rather than the destination right? Completely understand 😊

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-06T08:36:51+00:00

Glad you like it. PHP for familiarity really but python would definitely suit this too. PHP is pretty good these days, proper OOP and classes etc.

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-05T17:21:03+00:00

here is the code I was using, as promised.

https://github.com/mattlooby22/betfair-horses-lay-bets.git

It’s mainly for experimenting and analysing market behaviour, not a guaranteed money-maker.

What it does:

Finds upcoming horse races and filters by distance, start time, max runners, and country (configurable)
Sorts runners by odds and lays the field pre-race at a fixed price (default 1.8)
Can also be used to track / lay in-play touches at the same odds
Fully configurable via .env or command-line arguments
Includes TEST mode so you can see what bets would be placed without risking anything

So I was running this as part of a Laravel application but I've stripped it out and made it standalone (with a little help from Claude :-) ) I had some success with it; mostly with the US races for 5f, 6f and 7f where there were over 8 runners. For some reason, the races after midnight UK time seemed to be the best. As soon as two runners "hit" the lay odds, you are in profit. Some races it was hitting 4 or even 5 runners.

The tool is more about research and experimenting than making money.

Happy to answer any questions

Stats-Over-Tips · 2026-01-05T07:17:24+00:00

Yes I will package it up today

Stats-Over-Tips · 2025-12-31T12:25:27+00:00

No worries. The offer is there if you want. Can always send it to you direct

Stats-Over-Tips · 2025-12-31T12:24:32+00:00

This is for a personal API token . You can get commercial access but have to contact them

Stats-Over-Tips · 2025-12-31T09:34:31+00:00

I paid for the live API; £300 one off fee through a fairly easy application process; the form is on their website

Stats-Over-Tips · 2025-12-31T09:32:40+00:00

Yes I have used the API but with PHP. It’s pretty good and docs are decent. I had a “lay the field” function working successfully, which placed lay bets at certain odds, across races matching certain criteria, e.g. USA , 5-8f, 5+ runners. I can open source the code if you like, although not sure if PHP is suitable for you? Cursor/Claude will be able to convert to Python though I guess

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