This is a hilariously brilliant idea. Watching Claude Code spin or waiting for massive agent loops to finish is the new "waiting for code to compile". Flipping that dead time into an ad-supported revenue stream is incredibly clever.
Out of curiosity, how does the integration work under the hood? Is it injected as a custom terminal reporter or an environment wrapper? Looking forward to trying this out!
This seems like a troll idea, but SUPRISIGLY good.
I think the next piece of validation is "what does a dev do when they're waiting for Claude".
Because a lot of people I know (eg. me) just start doomscrolling or clicking around testing bugs on their product or whatever they're building.
Good luck Gabe, congrats!
This is a funny but surprisingly logical idea. Developers already spend a lot of time watching agents think, so turning that dead time into something opt-in and revenue-sharing makes sense.
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