What did Payments get done?

Week 44, each week signed by the person it describes.

$814 of AI got 25 things done.

Built 10 things, fixed 9 bugs, figured out 3 problems, researched 1 topic, wrote 1 piece, planned 1 thing and went in circles 6 times.

5 people, 19 shipped changes. $133 (16%) went in circles.

Chainlink CRE

Checked by Chainlink, once a month

On Nov 7, 2026, 2:14 AM, a Chainlink CRE workflow read Payments's receipts straight from Arkiv, checked every signature, added up the signed numbers and asked GitHub whether what shipped is still there (each merged PR still merged, each push to main still in main's history), then wrote the result on Ethereum Sepolia.

Nobody can post or change a score, not even Acme. Only Chainlink's forwarder can post to that contract.

1
Reads the team's receipts from Arkiv
Straight from Arkiv, not from our server.
2
Checks every signature
Each receipt's EIP-712 signature against the person it is about. Any that fail are left out.
3
Adds up the signed numbers
Spend, things done, spend that went in circles, and what shipped.
4
Asks GitHub about what shipped
Is each merged PR still merged, and each push to main still in main's history?
5
Writes the score to Ethereum Sepolia
Only Chainlink's forwarder can write to that contract.

Sepolia
Every score Chainlink has posted for any team, in the contract's events.
Every score on Sepolia Etherscansepolia.etherscan.io
GitHub
The workflow's code, so you can see exactly what each node runs.
The workflow on GitHubgithub.com

How the team worked this week

From log and GitHub timestamps. No AI involved.

Typical time between steps

Idea to code20mover 26
Code to commit31mover 18
Commit to PR9mover 19
PR to merge36hover 17

From idea to merged: 38h typical, over 17. Time with the AI before writing code: 14h.

Pull requests

19 merged of 28 opened, 3 still open, 4 closed, 2 reverted.

AI cost per shipped change (merged PR or push to main): $21.42

Where the money went

Shipped $407
Learning $12.75
In progress $76.17
Wasted $318

Waste, by reason

Plans nobody acted on2$5.02
Left on the AI's question2
Went in circles4$160
Code that never shipped8$153
Answers stopped midway10

Typical times are the median of each person's median. People are never ranked.

Everyone's week

Ordered by things done. People are never ranked.

You7 things done, $229, 7 shipped changes7$2297Signature checked

Ship features fast, stabilize infra, and document ops

Built
CSV export for ledgers
PR #120 merged
$22.21
Built
Rate limit per API key
PR #128 merged PR #122 merged
$40.46
Built
CI cache improvements
PR #123 merged PR #125 merged
$50.88
Built
Refactor fees into pure functions
PR #124 merged
$22.17
Wrote
Runbook for incidents
PR #127 merged
$44.54
Fixed
Webhook signature checkin progress
PR #121 open
$17.48
Figured out
Settlement batching mechanics
$5.79
Wasted
Retry queue for payouts
PR #126 reverted
$25.05

Pull requests

Pull request	Status	AI cost
docs: runbook for incidents acme-demo/infra#127	Merged	$34.26
chore: CI cache acme-demo/infra#123	Merged	$30.08
feat: retry queue for payouts acme-demo/infra#126	Reverted	$25.05
feat: CSV export for ledgers acme-demo/payments-api#120	Merged	$22.21
refactor: move fees into pure functions acme-demo/infra#124	Merged	$22.17
chore: CI cache acme-demo/infra#125	Merged	$20.80
feat: rate limit per API key acme-demo/infra#128	Merged	$20.53
fix: webhook signature check acme-demo/infra#121	Open	$17.48
feat: rate limit per API key acme-demo/payments-api#122	Merged	$10.73

Signature checked
Written by 0G private AI, TEE verified, signed as @you.
Idea to merged 47h

Asha5 things done, $140, 4 shipped changes5$1404Signature checked

Built 1 thing, fixed 4 bugs and went in circles once.

Built
Split payments service
PR #140 merged
$20.18
Fixed
Timezone bug in settlement report
PR #141 merged
$65.67
Fixed
Timezone bug in settlement report
PR #137 merged
$17.36
Fixed
Double charge on retryin progress
PR #142 open
$16.17
Fixed
Null merchant name in receipts
PR #139 merged
$2.59
Wasted
Cover payout edge cases
PR #138 closed
$18.37

Pull requests

Pull request	Status	AI cost
fix: timezone bug in settlement report acme-demo/infra#141	Merged	$65.67
refactor: split payments service acme-demo/infra#140	Merged	$20.18
test: cover payout edge cases acme-demo/payments-api#138	Closed, not merged	$18.37
fix: timezone bug in settlement report acme-demo/payments-api#137	Merged	$17.36
fix: double charge on retry acme-demo/web-app#142	Open	$16.17
fix: null merchant name in receipts acme-demo/web-app#139	Merged	$2.59

Signature checked
Written by simple rules, signed as @asha-acme.
Idea to merged 33h

Meera5 things done, $82.91, 2 shipped changes5$82.912Signature checked

Built 1 thing, fixed 1 bug, figured out 1 problem, researched 1 topic, planned 1 thing and went in circles once.

Built
Split payments service
PR #141 merged
$13.99
Fixed
Timezone bug in settlement report
PR #142 merged
$30.60
Figured out
Why the webhook test is slow
$4.30
Researched
Queue options for payouts compared
$2.66
Planned
Plan for splitting the payments service
$3.78
Wasted
Flaky login redirect
PR #143 closed
$27.58

Pull requests

Pull request	Status	AI cost
fix: timezone bug in settlement report acme-demo/web-app#142	Merged	$30.60
fix: flaky login redirect acme-demo/payments-api#143	Closed, not merged	$27.58
refactor: split payments service acme-demo/web-app#141	Merged	$13.99

Signature checked
Written by simple rules, signed as @meera-acme.
Idea to merged 39h

Kabir5 things done, $225, 4 shipped changes5$2254Signature checked

Built 2 things and fixed 3 bugs.

Built
Bump dependencies
PR #143 merged
$57.54
Built
Rate limit per API keyin progress
PR #141 open
$42.52
Fixed
Timezone bug in settlement report
PR #142 merged
$72.31
Fixed
Webhook signature check
PR #145 merged
$37.99
Fixed
Double charge on retry
PR #144 merged
$14.71

Pull requests

Pull request	Status	AI cost
fix: timezone bug in settlement report acme-demo/web-app#142	Merged	$72.31
chore: bump dependencies acme-demo/web-app#143	Merged	$57.54
feat: rate limit per API key acme-demo/infra#141	Open	$42.52
fix: webhook signature check acme-demo/payments-api#145	Merged	$37.99
fix: double charge on retry acme-demo/infra#144	Merged	$14.71

Signature checked
Written by simple rules, signed as @kabir-acme.
Idea to merged 26h

Ravi3 things done, $137, 2 shipped changes3$1372Signature checked

Built 2 things, figured out 1 problem and went in circles 3 times.

Built
Add refund status webhook
PR #118 merged
$43.87
Built
Retry queue for payouts
PR #121 merged
$29.74
Figured out
Plan for splitting the payments service
$1.24
Wasted
Runbook for incidents
PR #117 closed
$27.06
Wasted
Add refund status webhook
PR #120 closed
$24.20
Wasted
Rate limit per API key
PR #119 reverted
$10.82

Pull requests

Pull request	Status	AI cost
feat: add refund status webhook acme-demo/payments-api#118	Merged	$43.87
feat: retry queue for payouts acme-demo/payments-api#121	Merged	$29.74
docs: runbook for incidents acme-demo/payments-api#117	Closed, not merged	$27.06
feat: add refund status webhook acme-demo/web-app#120	Closed, not merged	$24.20
feat: rate limit per API key acme-demo/infra#119	Reverted	$10.82

Signature checked
Written by simple rules, signed as @ravi-acme.
Idea to merged 38h

Where this data comes fromSigned receipts on Arkiv

Shared receipts live on Arkiv (testnet Rabdi) as read-only entities of schema receipts-ethglobal-mumbai.receipt.v2, each owned by the person who signed it. Anyone can read them, so this page does not depend on our server, and every receipt is checked against its signature before it counts. 5 receipts for this team found on Arkiv right now, plus 20 signed demo receipts from the repo.

arkiv.schema = str('receipts-ethglobal-mumbai.receipt.v2') AND type = str('receipt') AND team = str('acme-payments')