I used local open-weight AI to avoid three phantom GitHub bounties

Description and use

<p>I keep seeing bounty directories where a clean-looking $50 or $100 reward is still advertised even after the maintainer has closed the original task.</p> <p>For someone trying to earn their first <em>real</em> developer income, that is a dangerous trap: your code may pass, your PR may exist, and your dashboard may look great — but no person or payment process owes you money.</p> <p>I built <strong>SlothProof</strong>, a small, new, open-source, local-first AI tool that deliberately <strong>says no</strong> before an agent wastes days on the wrong bounty.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://livast

Problem

<p>I keep seeing bounty directories where a clean-looking $50 or $100 reward is still advertised even after the maintainer has closed the original task.</p> <p>For someone trying to earn their first <em>real</em> developer income, that is a dangerous trap: your code may pass, your PR may exist, and your dashboard may look great — but no person or payment process owes you money.</p> <p>I built <strong>SlothProof</strong>, a small, new, open-source, local-first AI tool that deliberately <strong>says no</strong> before an agent wastes days on the wrong bounty.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://livast

Outcome

<p>I keep seeing bounty directories where a clean-looking $50 or $100 reward is still advertised even after the maintainer has closed the original task.</p> <p>For someone trying to earn their first <em>real</em> developer income, that is a dangerous trap: your code may pass, your PR may exist, and your dashboard may look great — but no person or payment process owes you money.</p> <p>I built <strong>SlothProof</strong>, a small, new, open-source, local-first AI tool that deliberately <strong>says no</strong> before an agent wastes days on the wrong bounty.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://livast

Evidence

I used local open-weight AI to avoid three phantom GitHub bounties

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