Show HN: Kickbacks.ai – pays you for Claude Code spinner impressions

Category: other

Tags: vs-code-extension, ad-marketplace, claude-code

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 6, Documentation: 4, Utility: 7)

Kickbacks.ai is a VS Code extension that monetizes the spinner/loading screen in Claude Code and Codex by serving ads during idle waits, sharing 50% of ad revenue with developers. It creatively turns a wasted UI element into an ad marketplace, blending developer tooling with ad tech in a novel way.

Target audience: backend devs, frontend devs, devops

Repository: https://kickbacks.ai

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