Over the last months I’ve been working on Matchpicks, a web platform for creating and joining picking leagues around sports games.

The core idea is simple: instead of being tied to a single big league or a single sport, Matchpicks is built to support many small, custom leagues – perfect for niche sports and tight‑knit communities.

Some key points:

  • Tech stack: React on the frontend, backed by a modern web stack.
  • Leagues & picks: Users can create their own leagues, invite friends, and submit picks for upcoming matches.
  • Multiple sports: The system is designed to handle different leagues and competition formats, so it can be reused for a variety of sports.
  • Origin story: The first real‑world use case was European (semi‑professional and amateur) American Football, where there are lots of smaller leagues but very few tools to run structured prediction games around them.

There’s still plenty to refine (both in terms of UX and feature depth), but the current version already supports the main loop: create a league, join as a player, and submit your weekly picks.