Startup Simulator

Startup Simulator is an interactive, role-based experience that lets you "play" through messy, realistic startup situations. You choose to step into the shoes of a Founder, Product Manager, or Engineer and make decisions under ambiguity, trade-offs, and competing priorities.

As you go through branching scenarios, the app builds a lightweight profile of how you tend to operate in a startup context - from your risk appetite and ownership mindset to how you communicate and align with others. The goal is not to label you, but to surface patterns that can spark more honest conversations about how you like to work.

Key Features:

• Role-based paths: distinct scenario flows for Founders, PMs, and Engineers.
• Branching scenario engine with meaningful trade-offs in each decision.
• Under-the-hood trait scoring that maps choices to behaviours (e.g. bias for action, collaboration, communication style).
• Archetype summary at the end, with strengths and growth edges based on your decisions.
• Single-container deployment so the API and SPA can be shipped together.

Tech Stack:

• Backend: FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy, SQLite, managed with uv.
• Frontend: React, TypeScript, Vite, TanStack Router, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui.
• Infrastructure: Docker multi-stage build with a single image serving both the API and the built frontend.

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