TechCrunch reported that the San Francisco entrepreneurs Eric Brownrout, using Claude Code and Codex, had developed a website called Ribbie over several weekends. The product translates the real-time game data of the Great League of American Sticks MLB into an 8-bit pixel image with street style.
AI Tool Shorten Development Cycle
The site does not provide live video coverage in the traditional sense, but rather provides a real-time picture of the pixels of the game with open data such as points, pitch-to-places, and run-up. When a user enters a page, you can select the day game in the pixel wind living room interface or switch to a more concise viewing mode.
Brownrout indicates that such projects could take months if they were to be carried forward in the usual way, but with the AI programming tool he completed the online version in a few weekends. Of these, Codex is used mainly for image and role material generation processes, while Claude Code assists in the completion of Web application development.
Redo the game with open data.
He also mentioned that he had not previously played video games, so that the development included a number of new attempts. Ribbie's original inspiration came from a pixel windball guy's head that he made for the Dreamball team, which then extended to a complete real-time data visualization product.
Unlike the ESPN Gamecast or MLB official Gameday type, Ribbie places more emphasis on visual performance. The website produces a stand-alone image of pixels for different stadiums and players while retaining key messages such as points, pitchers, batters and softbags.
Project not commercialized
As the bottom data comes from the MLB's open StatsAPI, Ribbie displays most of the content in close proximity to the mainstream game tracking tool, but in a more game-oriented way. Brownrout has also recently joined Dreamball support, allowing users to import their own formations and to see if the players are out in the game.
In response to concerns about copyright and authorization, Brownrout states that baseball statistics are themselves factual information and are not protected by copyright. He mentioned that API has been used for a long time for projects such as Dream Baseball, third-party data stations and Reddit competitions.
He claims that Ribbie is currently completely free of charge and has no commercial arrangements, and that this is a non-official fan project, not a product competing with MLB official transmission services.
Additional information:Brownrout is currently co-founder of the AI SaaS platform Frigade. He said that the next step would be to add more sound and more complete animations to Ribbie to enhance the use of backstage tracking.