What does this project even do ?

pongstake is a simple SaaS website that predicts ping-pong matches (currently from WTT league). Simply pick your wanted matches -> pay for the result -> get pdf in mail with the results :)

Usage

We go to predictions section, fill match deatils and your currency (US or EUR), pay the required amount and wait for email with predictions

Regarding the used model

I created my own predicting model based on the XGBoost algorithm based on 1mln+ matches correctly selected and refactored. The model contained ~32k players so thats kinda a lot. The model had ~80% accuracy

Future of the project

• Currently im redesigning way of getting data (unfortunately i will keep that as a secret 😉):
  • make a new model (little bit better than current)
• Automate with apache airflow to get new data everyday, so model can learn on new data:
  • of course if there are new matches on current day
• refactor the architecture:
  • current architecture acts as a “microservice” which is not bad but thats too much for a little project. I would like to keep everything as a monolith for its simplicity and redesign the main backend to be in python rather than spring boot despite my liking to it ❤️😚
• Ship service to any cloud service