Touchgram’s new Core Engine & a long year

A technical and cautionary tale for startups

This is mostly about engineering decisions and an overall look at how Touchgram works under the hood. If you’re a startup founder or engineering manager, you may find it schadenfreude-ingly entertaining or instructive.

There’s been a long year of work on the core engine of Touchgram. This article talks about why so much time went into it and the decisions along the way. Consider it a very long-winded apology for people who’ve been waiting for something more exciting, and usable.