SimCap Blog
Notes from the fairway.
Building in public, product updates, and the case for a real simulator golf handicap.
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Two Ways to Build in This Space
Had a conversation with another team building something adjacent to SimCap. Their bet is to stay invisible inside partner venues. Mine has been the opposite from day one.
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The Best Handicap App for Simulator Golf
If you play simulator golf and want a real way to track your handicap, here's the honest breakdown of GHIN, TheGrint, Golf Handicapp, and SimCap — including where SimCap fits and where it doesn't.
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I Don't Fully Know Why People Don't Post Their Scores
GSPro already has a handicap. People still don't reliably post scores to their phone. I'm not sure I fully understand why — and I think the real unlock may be social, not just mobile.
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SimCap Got Me Hired. Now It Becomes a Full-Time Side Hustle
I'm starting a full-time product role soon. SimCap becomes a full-time side hustle — nights and weekends — with the next big push being automatic score sync from the sim.
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Scan In. Play. Your Scores Just Show Up.
Right now, using SimCap still means typing in your scores after a round. We're building scan-in so you walk up to the bay, scan a QR code, and everything loads automatically.
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I Built an App With No Coding Experience
I have never written a line of code by hand. Everything in SimCap exists because I described it to Cursor in plain English. Here's what building a real app actually looks like when you cannot code.
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Why I'm Building SimCap for When the Weather Turns
Simulator golf is a cold weather sport. SimCap is small in July by design — the real growth moment is when winter drives golfers indoors across the US.
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Why I Upgraded SimCap's Mulligan System
SimCap's mulligan system used to be on or off. That's not accurate enough — so I replaced it with a four-tier model that tracks none, one, two, or three-plus mulligans.
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Why I Built SimCap
Real golf has GHIN. Simulator golf had nothing. I built SimCap to give sim players a portable handicap, real competition, and a reason to keep coming back.
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