Ship small.
Learn fast.
Keep going.
1% Better is a simple-product brand. The goal is not to build the biggest system first. The goal is to ship small, useful things in public, learn fast, and let that momentum compound.
The logo is the thesis. One percent looks small in isolation. Repeated daily, it becomes compounding. That idea sits underneath the apps, the pacing, and the way this whole brand is built.
`1% Better.dev` is the public build, hiring, and funding layer. `1% Better.poker` is a separate specialist vertical. For now, the homepage stays centered on simple products and visible execution.
Built by Chris S. Yoon. Senior data engineer, currently in a learn-fast season, using this page to ship ideas quickly while buying runway for what comes next.
Current thesis
1%
Better every cycle is a strategy, not a slogan.
37.8x
What tiny gains look like when they compound long enough.
Now
Today and Focus are the cleanest expressions of the current thesis.
What changes next
Public products stay small enough to ship before they become architecture projects.
This website is the trust layer for hiring, funding, and visible execution.
Poker stays a separate vertical until it earns more surface area.
Projects · Latest linked GitHub activity
Brand first. The core products whisper. The rest can explain themselves.
Featured products stay quieter on purpose. The broader product lines, operating layer, and archive still carry the visible GitHub proof.
Featured Products
Sneak peaks of the two products carrying the clearest 1% Better consumer story.
Featured product
1% Better Today
The core daily product in the 1% Better brand.
Core brand product
Target MVP: April 2026
Featured product
1% Better - Focus
A simple focus tool built to ship fast inside the brand.
Shipping quietly
Target MVP: March 2026
Poker Product Line
The poker brand surface and its product family, with the structure visible but the deeper details still controlled.
1% Better - Exploit Better
Target MVP: June 2026
Auto target 38 commits · 14d activity 0
onepercentbetter.poker
Coming soon
Auto target 16 commits · 14d activity 0
1% Better - Action Keeper
Target MVP: July 2026
Auto target 38 commits · 14d activity 0
Operating Layer
The systems that power the portfolio itself, including the public website and internal workflow layer.
1% Better - This Website
MVP reached
1% Better - OS
Target MVP: March 2026
Internal workflow system already supporting the portfolio
Archive / Proof of Work
Proof of engineering depth that stays visible without competing with the active product thesis.
Blue Jays Moneyball ETL
Proof-of-work archive
TwelveLabs API Validator
Proof-of-work archive
Funding
Support the build. Buy more time for the next 1% better.
This site is not a product pre-sale page. It is a public build surface. If the work resonates, funding here is simply a way to help me keep shipping, keep learning, and keep buying focused time for the next loop.
Think encouragement, runway, and continued public reps. The poker-side funding lives on onepercentbetter.poker.
What support does
It gives me time to keep shipping while I look for the right role.
It covers tools, APIs, hosting, and the cost of moving quickly in public.
It keeps the simple products moving without turning the site into startup theater.
About
Chris S. Yoon
I spent the last decade building production data systems across fintech, media, and enterprise. Right now I am in a transition period: looking for the right next role while using 1% Better as a place to learn LLM workflows, ship simple products fast, and stay in motion.
Next step
Follow the thread before you reach out.
The cleanest path is: understand the story, see what I am building, then decide whether you want a conversation. That keeps the flow consistent with the rest of the site and gives the context first.