Dave Hoffman

Engineer | Bocce Player

about us

May 25, 2026

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4 min read

OH, The Places You Will Roll...

an insatiable appetite for bocce

Dave Hoffman, +1

Apr 9, 2026

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7 min read

Bocce Play Formats: Every Way to Play

The basics of various bocce play formats supported by our app

Dave Hoffman, +1

Apr 1, 2026

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3 min read

BocceLabs is shutting down

An important update about BocceLabs

Dave Hoffman

Chicago Bocce League

Mar 25, 2026

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6 min read

Bocce Player Grades

Don't get schooled by your opponent

Dave Hoffman, +1

Chicago Bocce League

Feb 23, 2026

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6 min read

BocceLabs Stats System

In partnership with BBN, OBL, and CBL

Dave Hoffman

bocce stats

Dec 15, 2025

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2 min read

Ohio Bocce League S1 -- By the numbers

A collaboration among the BBN, OBL, and BocceLabs

Dave Hoffman

bocce project info

Nov 10, 2025

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5 min read

BocceLabs + BBN

Stats on stats on stats

Dave Hoffman

bocce hardware

A Father and Son Bocce Journey - The ChickenFoot design story

Oct 10, 2023

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5 min read

A Father and Son Bocce Journey - The ChickenFoot design story

How a passion for bocce, engineering, and family brought Dan and Nate closer

Dave Hoffman, +1

bocce project info

Sep 26, 2023

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5 min read

Where to play bocce

We created BocceMap.com to help you find your way

Dave Hoffman, +1

bocce technology ideas

Aug 8, 2023

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7 min read

TopGolf Technology for Bocce Ball

How golf ball tracking technology could be applied to bocce

Dave Hoffman

bocce apps

Jul 18, 2023

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6 min read

Scoreholio for Bocce!

Software for running a successful bocce tournament

Dave Hoffman, +1

bocce project info

Jun 20, 2023

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9 min read

Buy, don't build vs. Build, don't buy

Engineers might be tempted to build when they can buy

Dave Hoffman

bocce algorithms

May 9, 2023

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10 min read

Introducing Bocce Analysis Tool (BAT)

The best ideas are born on napkins

Dave Hoffman

bocce project info

Women's Tournament, Waterside, BBN, Wiral

Apr 19, 2023

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4 min read

Women's Tournament, Waterside, BBN, Wiral

Wiral the flying squirrel

Dave Hoffman

bocce algorithms

Mar 21, 2023

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8 min read

Synthetic AI Data for Bocce

Getting lost in programming a 3D world

Dave Hoffman

bocce project info

Bocce Performance - Measure, Report, Accelerate

Mar 14, 2023

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4 min read

Bocce Performance - Measure, Report, Accelerate

Revisiting Pearson's Law

Dave Hoffman

bocce project info

Mar 8, 2023

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8 min read

Status & Roadmap

From the Lab to a Minimum Viable Product

Dave Hoffman

bocce project info

Feb 7, 2023

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8 min read

Goals - Bocce Tech Project

unSpecific, imMeasurable, unAchievable, irRelevant, nonTime-bound goals

Dave Hoffman

not bocce

Jan 31, 2023

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7 min read

Not bocce

How my bocce writing break led to a new app

Dave Hoffman

bocce hardware

Bocce Tech Camera Hardware Considerations

Dec 13, 2022

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10 min read

Bocce Tech Camera Hardware Considerations

Lights, Camera, Action

Dave Hoffman

bocce algorithms

The Challenge of Distinguishing Between Bocce Ball Color/Patterns

Dec 6, 2022

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11 min read

The Challenge of Distinguishing Between Bocce Ball Color/Patterns

Bocce Ball Color Identification

Dave Hoffman

bocce algorithms

Measuring Distances Between Bocce and Pallino Balls

Nov 29, 2022

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5 min read

Measuring Distances Between Bocce and Pallino Balls

A visit back to high school geometry

Dave Hoffman

bocce project info

Nov 22, 2022

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9 min read

Computer Generated Bocce Stats

Telling the story of competitive bocce with numbers

Dave Hoffman

bocce algorithms

Nov 15, 2022

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7 min read

A Computer Vision Bocce Ball Algorithm

Creating a Computer Vision Pipeline

Dave Hoffman

bocce project info

Is Computer Vision for Bocce Ball even Practical?

Nov 8, 2022

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10 min read

Is Computer Vision for Bocce Ball even Practical?

Probably not for an average club but I won't let that stop me

Dave Hoffman