Author: gruddo.com
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Shipping before the Olympics: turning chaotic location data into a production locator
Mon Club Près de Chez Moi had a non-negotiable constraint: it needed to be live before the Olympics. Not “when it’s ready”, not “after a few iterations” — it had to ship on time, work first time, and scale. The other constraint was less glamorous — but more common: the data was a mess. We…
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Why “knowing Woosmap” matters: building a bespoke map UI that stays usable under density
The UX and engineering decisions that keep large-scale maps usable — not noisy — under real-world density. There’s a big difference between: Mon Club was firmly in the second category. The real challenge: density + ambiguity When your dataset is large and your source data isn’t perfectly structured, you face two simultaneous problems: A good…