Don’t let the small footprint of Sanic on X @sanicframework fools you of its relevance. 17k stars on GitHub is not a small achievement. There are many Python libraries out there, but personally, I look for: ✅ ease of use ✅ detailed documentation ✅ mature community

On the design of @RoyaleAPI as a website — This site was never intended to be one used by millions of players, and as with all of my personal projects, I utilized it as an opportunity to test out frameworks and technologies that I’m interested in. So it’s built with a lot of things that might not even be ideally suited for the task. I learned a lot about the different technologies that were relatively new at the time, and based on my dependency on several Python libraries, I found myself being involved and became part of the core team of a Python async web framework. Sanic @sanicframework used to be a tiny library, but through the dedication of the team lead Adam Hopkins @AdmHpkns, it has since grown to become one of the most popular async framework available. As a single team of one, doing design, technology, marketing, and all the social media, video animation, of this brand, it’s my baby in every sense — but I also had to make lots of compromises in terms of fully realizing my vision of what could be. One of the regrets is that I don’t know how to write mobile apps from scratch, so while I recognize the need for it, I can’t very easily create one without hiring someone to develop it. For many years, per the Supercell fan content policy, third-pary sites were not allowed to derive revenue other than display ads, which greatly diminished the potential to offer premium services to offset the costs. This part has now greatly changed, thankfully after I raised this issue with Supercell when they invited me to look at some new games in development in June 2023. But not being able to monetize easily means that hiring a developer for a mobile app just doesn’t seem like a wise business decision. It’s very hard for me to justify the cost. I take zero salary from RoyaleAPI, so for me, the spend is 0. As soon as I hire a developer, that adds tremendous financial pressure to the company that doesn’t make any business sense. There are many other aspects of the site that I plan to write about — such as the gift of being able to chat with the end users on a daily basis, and the gift of being able to chat with kids and young adults in the 16-25yo demographic. I know that I will never have kids on my own, so this sudden availability to interact with young people has been one of the greatest gifts of all — not all of them are very pleasant, but I really appreciate the opportunity to talk to them when I want to — not because I have to. Some of them would send me questions when they’re applying for universities, their first jobs, etc. Many of them have such talented and kind souls that I truly feel blessed that they would seek me out to ask for advice. I plan on writing more about this aspect in the future. 2024-01-22 This is one of the notes from my blog post about the story of RoyaleAPI.