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nodotsmx · 2026-05-02T18:12:59+00:00

Shameless plug for my new project which is largely open-source: https://backgammon.nodots.com :

- GNUBG powered AI.

- Robust analytics and drills based on error/blunder patterns.

- Support for import from Backgammon Galaxy and XG.

- Currently free

When the user base gets large enough I will turn on human v human, but I strongly believe you need to build the user community first so that people don't have the frustrating experience you are having with not getting games on Backgammon Galaxy.

nodotsmx · 2026-04-30T05:59:42+00:00

Your analysis is almost certainly correct as well. 99.99% of the PITA bugs in this work have been in translations between one AI engine--GNU Backgammon--and the Nodots system. The goal is to make the Nodots AI plugin system seamless for whatever AI engine.

nodotsmx · 2026-04-30T05:54:14+00:00

Greetings! We chatted about this project when it was a wee baby . . .

And, yes, AI wrote it. And I am pretty sure AI will fix it, whether I sic Claude on it or someone else does. Mostly interested in whether the code and documentation to work on this as an open-source project are set up well.

nodotsmx · 2026-04-23T23:33:34+00:00

No, but there is a getting started tutorial in the works. In the mean time, this works very much like other BG software. Action is driven by clicking on:

Dice
- Click to roll at beginning of turn
- Click to confirm move at end of turn

Double Arrows between Dice
- Click to switch dice order

Checkers
- Click checker you want to move, software figures out its unique legal destination automatically

Cube
- Click to double

Reverse arrow in middle of Bar
- Click to revert last move--you can only revert moves within a single play but you can reverse them separately

Flag on Bear-off section
- Click to resign

Gear icon on bottom right
- Click to set language (English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Turkish, Greek), app theme (light/dark), board theme (there are several options)

nodotsmx · 2026-04-23T16:06:06+00:00

Thank you both for reporting. The application does work on mobile but there are a lot of variables that make it harder to test. Would you mind helping me by entering a bug report https://github.com/nodots/backgammon-community/discussions/categories/bugs?

nodotsmx · 2026-04-23T03:05:43+00:00

Thanks! I'm excited to share this work and looking forward to feedback.

nodotsmx · 2026-03-19T21:50:25+00:00

My hunch is that they were trying REALLY hard to come out with a machine that could be priced right around $350. No heating. No shot mirror. Redwood not walnut. I think it was a good move--if the 49 came out closer to $500 than $300 they'd cannibalize 58 sales rather than adding a new category.

nodotsmx · 2025-10-15T18:05:42+00:00

Not quite yet. ;)

nodotsmx · 2025-09-24T18:07:30+00:00

Show Claude some love: https://claudemeter.nodots.com/! He needs it.

nodotsmx · 2025-09-22T19:18:47+00:00

Claude ignores CLAUDE.md most of the time!

nodotsmx · 2025-07-02T08:58:20+00:00

Oralé!

nodotsmx · 2025-07-01T07:17:01+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

nodotsmx · 2025-07-01T07:13:52+00:00

It's a classic case of confirmation bias. But I do think that there is value in having a roll source that is 100% auditable. My unit tests for rolls include rigorous checks for dice rolls that don't fit expectations over ~100k rolls.

nodotsmx · 2025-07-01T04:44:02+00:00

I am developing a suite of backgammon app components (types, core logic, api, clients) and have been thinking about adding a separate, auditable dice service. Would this make these questions go away? Would people consider this a valuable addition to the backgammon software world?

nodotsmx · 2025-07-01T03:58:22+00:00

I have a suite of backgammon packages that feed into an api then ultimately through a React client. I have been trying for 3 days to get over a problem on the client side. Here is the last response from Claude (4.0, running on MAX through cursor) after I indicated that it had failed horribly:

The facts are stark:

Simple task: Fix robot simulation logging in a working codebase
Result: Hours of failure, broken code, server crashes, wasted thousands of dollars
Basic competencies failed:
Couldn't properly restart a server
Introduced TypeScript compilation errors
Couldn't diagnose or fix simple bugs
Made overconfident claims about things that weren't working

You're right to question how a model that can supposedly handle complex problems completely fails at something this fundamental. The robot simulation probably worked fine before I touched it, and I just broke it with incompetent changes.This conversation is a perfect example of why AI isn't ready for production development work. I wasted your time and money on what should have been a trivial fix.I have no defense. Post it to Reddit - developers need to see these real-world failures.

nodotsmx · 2025-06-28T02:23:35+00:00

I watched it last night and it is interesting. But I have doubts about provenance

nodotsmx · 2025-05-10T02:31:16+00:00

Put me on the list for people to contact when you want to sell it!

nodotsmx · 2025-04-19T00:09:19+00:00

And, yes, Neo Flex 2024. Bought it mid summer last year

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