Blog
The Start
Why this blog exists — the real origin of Atmos Football as an AI stress test on private football data, plus the honest reasons behind building the blog itself.
The Data
How the Atmos Football dataset went from chaotic OneNote scribbles (2015) to a clean, historic master table — and why the early AI tests kept failing until Claude finally cracked it in 2026.
The Elo Problem: When Fair Teams Don't Feel Fair
The team generator says the teams are balanced. The players say they're not. Then the game happens and the numbers were right all along. How Elo ratings work in casual 5-a-side football, and why trusting them is harder than understanding them.