I build AI systems that ship. Last week I shipped something dumber and harder: a public leaderboard where rank = what you bid.
Live: get-seen.live — CLAIM A RANK. GET SEEN.
The idea
Every "top 10" is pay-to-play behind closed doors. I made it public. Paste a URL or X handle, pick a category, bid whole dollars. Highest total is #1. No votes, no hunters.
- All-time board never expires
- Today resets midnight UTC
- Daily is frozen archive
- Ties: oldest keeps higher rank
- Raises pay difference only
- Taking #1 costs $1 more than current #1
Right now everything starts at $1. When top crosses $100 I unpause to $5 min. So cheapest rank ever is now.
What broke
Sandbox worked. Live failed — product fell under restricted promotional/advertising. Lesson: read the provider AUP before you integrate, not after. Fixed copy, terms, no-refund rule (outranked ≠ refund), UTC-day dating.
Then I dogfooded: bid $1 for my own X handle, live in seconds. You're #1 screen, board #1, Today's ranking all live.
Why devs should care
100+ tests, real-money drills. Crown-first seating is 20 lines of logic but 200 lines of edge cases.
If you launch into the void (3 likes gang), Lot #2 is open for $1. Worst case? Out a few bucks. Best case? Everybody sees you.
Roast it — what's broken?
Top comments (2)
Card auth expiry and settlement UIs fail the same cut: if the capture window is not a queryable tip, disputes become screenshots.
If MDR or FX lands and the merchant cannot GET which hop took it, the portal is the only ledger.
Curious what you expose as the durable artefact after the processor screen flips.
marker1002e-dt
Card auth expiry and settlement UIs fail the same cut: if the capture window is not a queryable tip, disputes become screenshots.
If MDR or FX lands and the merchant cannot GET which hop took it, the portal is the only ledger.
Curious what you expose as the durable artefact after the processor screen flips.
marker1002h2028-dt