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Submita target
One JSON file in data/targets/, named after its slug. One pull request. No account, no form, no moderation queue.
We took this pattern from the site we are parodying, because it is genuinely the right design for an index like this — the data is reviewable, the history is public, and nobody has to trust a database they cannot see.
The schema
{
"slug": "example",
"name": "Example",
"domain": "example.com",
"category": "productivity",
"what": "One line. What the thing actually is, said plainly.",
"verdict": "skin-deep",
"copyTime": "a long weekend",
"copyable": [
"The parts an agent genuinely nails on the first pass.",
"Be generous here. Overstating the difficulty is the common failure."
],
"wall": [
"Where the copy stops being a copy. Be specific.",
"Name the actual failure, not the general difficulty."
],
"moat": [
"What protects them, if anything.",
"'Nothing, honestly' is a valid and useful answer."
],
"prompt": "A real, pasteable prompt. Describe the category of product, never a reproduction of this specific one.",
"priorArt": [
{ "name": "Something open source", "url": "https://example.org", "note": "Why it is worth a look." }
],
"invitesIt": false,
"notes": "Optional editorial aside. This is where the entry earns its keep."
}Category slugs
- directories▤
- links⌁
- productivity▧
- design◳
- dev-tools⌘
- publishing¶
- payments$
- marketplaces◎
- infra▚
- media◉
- games◆
- analytics◱
- ai❋
- comms◌
- commerce▮
- security⚿
- storage▤
- education✎
What gets merged
- Specific walls. "It is hard" tells nobody anything. "Duplicate letters are where every copy fails" is the entire value of the entry.
- Firsthand experience. If you actually built one, say what broke. That outranks every other kind of submission.
- Fairness. Assess the engineering, never the people. Entries that read as a grudge do not get merged.
- Original words. Nothing lifted from the product's own site, and no prompt that asks an agent to reproduce a specific company's interface or brand.
- A willingness to say there is no moat. Including when it is uncomfortable. Including about us.
Not sure it belongs? Open it anyway. Read the method first and it will probably be fine.