Allen Helton, an experienced application developer, discusses the complexities of building a game leaderboard and how Momento Cache simplifies the process with its sorted sets feature. He shares insights from his competitive nature and previous projects, emphasizing the importance of leaderboards in gaming and the challenges they pose, such as managing ephemeral data and designing flexible structures. Helton highlights various leaderboard configurations—point-based, multiple-stat, time-based, and duration-based—demonstrating how Momento Cache's SDKs can handle these with minimal API calls. Through examples from the game Acorn Hunt, he illustrates how to implement robust, scalable, and serverless leaderboards, showcasing the ease and efficiency of using Momento Cache for such tasks. The article also invites readers to explore further through the open-source Acorn Hunt project on GitHub and the API reference page for more details on sorted sets.