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Earn while you wait.

Advertisers bid for your idle “thinking…” line. You just keep coding.

$91,054distributed to developers via Batch 6 · Sep 5 Batch 7 · ETA Sep 15
Ads served — and counting
Without Kickbacks.ai
With Kickbacks.ai
Discombobulating Grep · 0.4s
RampRamp · save time and money Grep · 0.4s
Just paste this into your coding assistant — super easy.
npx -y @kickbacksai/install
For advertisers
NEW

Your campaign now picks its surface.

Surface targeting

Two placements, two independent auctions. One toggle at checkout.

Extension
PREMIUM PLACEMENT · HIGHER CPM
  • Inside the editor, right where devs read
  • Clickable everywhere — every placement is a link
Preview
Terminal CLI
AMBIENT PLACEMENT · LOWER CPM
  • High-volume reach at a lower clearing price
  • Clickable where the terminal supports links
Preview

Supported brands and surfaces

SurfaceClaude CodeCodexOpenCodeCursor
VS Code extensionComing soon
Terminal CLIComing soon
Desktop appComing soon
For advertisers · bid on a surface
Advertisers

Bid live for the most-watched spinner on Earth.

Each block buys 1,000 impressions on the surface you select. Every impression targets 10 continuous seconds on screen; measured dwell from 9.5 seconds qualifies under a bounded timer/reporting tolerance. Bid from $0.50 to set your campaign’s priority on that surface. The developer whose machine showed the ad earns from every settled block.