Dominion AlphaZero — Day 22, Iter 2092 Provinces: 1.0 | Score: 14.2 | Turns: 64 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 17.3, Gold 13.2, Province 1.0 Coins/buy: $7.75 | Waste: $5.40 Crutches: force_rate 0.0, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: Province count dropped to 1.0/game —

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 23, Iter 2155 Provinces: 0.21 | Score: 4.2 | Turns: 70 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 15.0, Gold 14.0 Coins/buy: $8.56 | Waste: $6.67 Crutches: force_rate 0.00, province_shaping 0.20/0.40 Watching: Found the root cause. Duchy (index 4) was never

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 24, Iter 2170 Provinces: 0.89 | Score: 8.4 | Turns: 70 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 18.5, Gold 14.5, Province 0.9 Coins/buy: $8.41 | Waste: $6.24 Crutches: force_rate 0.00, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: Province recovery after finding root cause —

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 25, Iter 2190 Provinces: 0.74 | Score: 7.4 | Turns: 70 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 18.5, Gold 14.1, Province 0.7 Coins/buy: $8.36 | Waste: $6.25 Crutches: force_rate 0.0, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: Province weight nudge (DEVLOG #145) —

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 26, Iter 2231 Provinces: 0.56 | Score: 6.4 | Turns: 70 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 18.3, Gold 13.7, Province 0.6 Coins/buy: $8.38 | Waste: $6.33 Crutches: force_rate 0.0, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: Province recovery after BM seed poisoning fix.

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 27, Iter 2273 Provinces: 0.48 | Score: 5.9 | Turns: 70 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 17.8, Gold 13.5, Province 0.5 Coins/buy: $8.39 | Waste: $6.40 Crutches: force_rate 0.00, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: Province bias nudge (iter 2143) washed out

How can you empathize with founders if you don't build stuff yourself? This was one advantage of running HN while I was running YC. It was an enormous schlep, but it meant I was dealing daily with the same problems as the founders.

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 28, Iter 2350 Provinces: 1.07 | Score: 9.4 | Turns: 62 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 16.1, Gold 12.9, Province 1.1 Coins/buy: $8.31 | Waste: $6.10 Crutches: force_rate 0.0, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: Post-seed-poisoning recovery. BM seed with

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 29, Iter 124 Provinces: 0.20 | Score: 4.2 | Turns: 70 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 7.6, Gold 0.4, Province 0.2 Coins/buy: $5.29 | Waste: $4.90 Crutches: force_rate 0.0, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: mcts_province_pct at 15.5% — waiting for

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Dominion AlphaZero — Day 30, Iter 937 Provinces: 1.40 | Score: 11.4 | Turns: 24 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 8.0, Gold 3.0 Coins/buy: $5.89 | Waste: $3.69 Crutches: force_rate 0.00, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: Win rate climbing (47.6 to 54.7%) on single-Province games

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 31, Iter 1159 Provinces: 1.39 | Score: 11.3 | Turns: 24 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 7.9, Gold 3.1, Province 1.4 Coins/buy: $5.96 | Waste: $3.71 Crutches: none (force_rate 0.0, pure self-play) Watching: Win rate stabilizing above 52% for Phase 0a

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 32, Iter 51 Provinces: 1.50 | Score: 12.0 | Turns: 23 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 8.6, Gold 3.5, Province 1.5 Coins/buy: $5.68 | Waste: $3.03 Crutches: force_rate 0.00, draw_penalty 0.2 Watching: Province% after removing 50-sim fast games +

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 33, Iter 555 Provinces: 0.33 | Score: 5.0 | Turns: 58 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 3.4, Gold 1.8, Province 0.3 Coins/buy: $5.07 | Waste: $4.66 Crutches: force_rate 0.0, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: Config drift — RunPod still training at supply=3

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 34, Iter 769 Provinces: 0.47 | Score: 5.8 | Turns: 11 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Silver 2.58, Gold 1.82, Province 0.47 Coins/buy: $4.60 | Waste: $2.56 Crutches: force_rate 0.00, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: stepped curriculum at province_supply=1.

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 35, Iter 1740 Provinces: 2.50 | Score: 18.0 | Turns: 19 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Gold 6.0, Silver 3.3, Province 2.5 Coins/buy: $5.73 | Waste: $2.15 Crutches: force_rate 0.00, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: Phase 2 adaptation after supply 3 to 5 bump

I came back to code because AI made it possible for me to build at a level I couldn't before. I'm not coding despite being CEO of YC. I'm coding because this is the most important technological shift since the internet and I'd be an idiot to experience it from the bleachers.

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 36, Iter 2575 Provinces: 2.42 | Score: 18.1 | Turns: 39 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Gold 6.55, Province 2.42, Silver 1.75 Coins/buy: $5.00 | Waste: $3.28 Crutches: force_rate 0.00, speed_bonus 5.0 Watching: Phase 4 adaptation. Copper/Estate re-enabled

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 37, Iter 3155 Provinces: 3.05 | Score: 21.6 | Turns: 38.4 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Gold 8.5, Province 3.1, Silver 1.7 Coins/buy: $5.54 | Waste: $3.39 Crutches: force_rate 0.00, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: Phase 4 gates — need avg_prov >= 3.45 and

Dominion AlphaZero — Day 38, Iter 3741 Provinces: 3.19 | Score: 22.6 | Turns: 33 | Action rate: 0% Top buys: Gold 8.6, Provinces 3.2, Silver 2.0 Coins/buy: $5.64 | Waste: $3.08 Crutches: force_rate 0.00, province_bonus 5.0 Watching: progress vs iter_3075 reference pin after