Behind the scenes on how we do dev at Trophy
EngineeringWe built calculators based on common questions we hear from customers with an emphasis on shareability, performance and auditability. Here's how we did it.
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A product leader's guide to gamification APIs in 2026. Compare StriveCloud, Trophy, Talon.One, and 4 more by features, pricing, and use case.
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Gamification GuidesBuilding energy systems from scratch means handling regeneration, consumption, and caps. Here's the technical reality and faster path.
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Gamification GuidesBuilding XP systems from scratch means handling points triggers, economic balance, and award logic. Here's the technical reality and faster path.
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Gamification GuidesBuilding streak tracking from scratch means solving time zones, consistency, and edge cases. Here's the technical reality and faster path.
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Gamification GuidesBuilding leaderboards from scratch takes months and creates ongoing maintenance burden. Here's the technical reality and a faster alternative.
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EngineeringTime zones break gamification features in subtle ways. A user in Tokyo and a user in New York can't fairly compete on daily goals without careful handling.
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Migration and EvolutionBuilding gamification that works at 1,000 users is different from building for 100,000. Here's what changes and why.
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PodcastWhile most consumer apps focus on the user experience, Buen Provecho spent 2023-2024 primarily improving their web app for stores. Guillermo explains why solving the supply side was more important than consumer features.
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EngineeringBuilding a content platform is one thing. Building one that can handle Victorian-era cookbooks is an entirely different technical challenge. Matthew Cockerill, founder of CKBK, learned this firsthand when he set out to digitize the world's best cookbooks into a unified, searchable database.
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EngineeringLearn how Duolingo's XP feature drives user engagement and how to build an XP feature for your web or mobile app.
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EngineeringRead about how we built our email-builder. Hear the difficulties and successes we had + lessons learned.
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EngineeringBuilding a social network is hard. Building an e-commerce marketplace is hard. Combining both into a single platform? Even harder. That's what João Neves and his team at Bloop discovered as they set out to create the world's first social shopping platform that rewards users for their influence.
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DesignUsing charts in emails is great for engagement, but can hurt email deliverability. Here's the solution.
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PodcastIn the B2C startup world, there’s still a lingering myth: if you’re not technical, you can’t build a tech company. Max, the founder of Adventuro, didn’t buy that. Learn how Max built his startup in 11 weeks and landed his first 50 customers a couple of months later.
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EngineeringLearn how we built our developer docs site at Trophy.
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