SHEET B1 / CHESSLIVE
jdchess
Live chess coaching for adult beginners and improving players, with structured lessons and individual study plans.
jdchess.comAn independent software studio.
Drafted By builds and runs its own products. It is funded by customer revenue and does not take client work.
SECTION 01 / PRACTICE
The same team builds and runs each product
Product work stays with one small team from the first specification to production support. That team writes the software, runs the infrastructure and reads customer messages.
Some products use language models to prepare lessons, analyse retirement records or turn notes into documents. Model changes must pass product-specific evaluations before release, and users remain responsible for the final result.
- MODEL
- Own portfolio · no client work
- FUNDING
- Customer revenue
- INFRA
- Self-hosted · own deploy pipeline
- METHOD
- Draft → build → ship → operate
Founder-led teaching
Appendix B · work outside the studio portfolioThe founder also teaches chess and runs practical AI workshops for teachers.
SHEET B2 / TEACHINGLIVE
jdteachai
Live workshops that help teachers use AI for lesson planning, classroom materials and administrative work.
jdteachai.com