Alba – Earn and bid on unique software using idle AI credits

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I have been using Claude Code lately, and I hated seeing my daily/weekly API quotas go to waste during downtime. So I built ALBA, a system designed to turn that idle power into digital assets. How it works: ALBA is an autonomous software factory that runs through Claude Code. You join as a worker node, and the system orchestrates Claude Code to build, test, and deploy functional micro-MVPs like tools, landing pages, and small SaaS. The Credit and Auction Model: Contribute: Run a command through Claude Code to power an AI agent task. Earn: You receive ALBA Credits proportional to the tokens and compute you provided. Bid: Use those credits in our Auction House to bid on unique software built by the collective. To make the discovery process more intuitive, I added an "Explore" feature that works like a vertical feed (similar to Shorts). You can quickly cycle through live demos of everything the factory has produced so far. It helps users visualize the "Asset" they are about to bid on. Exclusive Ownership: This is the "burn" logic I am most excited about: if you win an auction, you get the source code, and the demo environment is hard-deleted from our servers forever. You own a unique piece of software with zero duplicates. Tech Stack: - Frontend: Next.js (Vercel) - Backend: Java Spring Boot (GCP Cloud Run) - Database: Supabase/Firestore Agent Orchestration: via Claude Code CLI I would love to hear your thoughts on this "Token-to-Asset" arbitrage and the viability of credit-based auctions for exclusive code.

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