The Ledger
What people did, on the record.
Verified by the people who saw it.
01 — Recent
verified entries only
Nothing verified yet.
The first session opens the ledger. Sessions →
02 — How it works
Do something. Log it in a line or two.
Tag whoever saw it. One tap from them and it counts.
Bigger work needs a link and a mentor's look.
Someone else can put it on your ledger. You accept it first.
Fake it and it costs you, and whoever confirmed it.
03 — Where you stand
| Signed up | Created an account and finished the one-minute onboarding. | Reserve seats, say what you're bringing, edit a profile. No ledger, not in the People directory. |
| Member | Checked in at a session by the host, or approved by Mat with a note. | A ledger: log work, nominate and be nominated, witness for others after 14 days. Shown in People. |
| Contributor | The ledger shows three verified entries of helping or teaching; Mat confirms with one tap. Never automatic. | Witness for anyone from day one. Priority seat when a session is capped and featuring in recaps come next. |
| Mentor | Appointed by Mat, usually from Contributors. | Verifies the bigger ledger entries, runs the session page, checks people in. |
| Organizer | Appointed by Mat. | Runs the site: approvals, promotions, closing sessions, the review queue. |
A tier shows as one word on a member's card and profile. There are no badges, counts, levels, or rankings between members.
04 — What counts
credit · bonus ceiling · cap · who confirms
Small and frequent
One witness taps to confirm.
Kept the commitment from last sessionYou said what you'd do before the next meetup, and you did it.+3once a week · A witness confirmsHelped a peerGot someone unstuck, answered a question, sat with them for a bit.+23 a week · A witness confirmsShowed unfinished workPut something half-done in front of people and asked for feedback.+2once a week · A witness confirmsLearned something and wrote it upA lesson, a course, a concept. Link to your notes.+3bonus up to 2 · 2 a week · A witness confirmsRead code you didn't write and explained it to someoneAn unfamiliar repo, two hours, then explain the data flow out loud.+3bonus up to 2 · 2 a week · A witness confirmsPracticed every day for seven daysHow much code did you write yesterday? Seven days in a row of not-zero.+3once a week · A witness confirmsDid an interview and wrote up what they askedInterview as many times as you can. The questions become your study list.+33 a week · A witness confirmsSent 25 applications or pitches this weekTwenty is not enough. Link a screenshot of the tracker.+2once a week · A witness confirms
Real output
Proof plus a witness, or the host.
Shipped a milestone on a projectA working piece of something bigger. Link or screenshot.+5bonus up to 5 · A witness confirmsPublished a write-up or videoPublic, with your name on it.+5bonus up to 5 · A witness confirmsBrought a real problem to work onYours or someone else's, worked on at a session. The host confirms.+5bonus up to 5 · A mentor or Mat verifiesMentored someone through a sessionSat with one person for most of a build session.+8bonus up to 5 · A witness confirmsTaught a lesson at a sessionTaught something at a session, or ran a demo. The host confirms.+10bonus up to 10 · A mentor or Mat verifiesShared your real workflow on screen at a sessionThe daily workflow is the portfolio. The host confirms.+5A mentor or Mat verifiesHosted or found a venueA room for a session.+4bonus up to 3 · Mat verifiesBrought a new member who onboardedThey joined the site and finished onboarding because of you.+55 a month · A witness confirmsSat with a business owner to understand their problemThe more people you talk to, the more problems you find. Link your notes.+5bonus up to 5 · A witness confirmsGot five real users on something you madeFive people who are not you. Screenshots or analytics.+10bonus up to 10 · A witness confirmsDeployed something and kept it running for 30 daysDeploy, monitor, handle the 2am outage. Link the live thing.+10bonus up to 5 · A witness confirmsReferred someone to a job or a clientYou put someone's name forward and it went somewhere.+10bonus up to 5 · A witness confirmsIntroduced two members who then worked togetherNot just an intro. They did something together after.+52 witnesses confirmLearned a skill or stack before you needed itThe two weeks before day one. Link what you built or your notes.+5bonus up to 5 · A witness confirmsBuilt something in a language or tool you had never usedLanguages don't matter. Link it.+5bonus up to 5 · A witness confirmsAsked for something you didn't feel ready forApplied above your level, pitched a client, proposed a trial. Link the ask itself.+5bonus up to 5 · A witness confirmsRead a book from the reading list and wrote up what you tookThe write-up is the point. Link it.+5bonus up to 3 · A witness confirms
The big ones
Proof plus a mentor or Mat.
Finished a project, live and usableNot a demo. Someone can use it today. Link it.5 / 10 / 20bonus up to 20 · A mentor or Mat verifiesDid work for someone for freeA site, a tool, a fix, a design, for a business or a person. Say what you learned about their world.5 / 10 / 20bonus up to 20 · A mentor or Mat verifiesBuilt something nobody asked for and handed it overAt work, at school, on your own time. Then you gave it to them.5 / 10 / 20bonus up to 20 · A mentor or Mat verifiesMentored someone regularly outside sessionsYour own time, for free, on a schedule.5 / 15 / 30bonus up to 15 · A mentor or Mat verifiesOrganized a session end to endFound the people, picked the topic, put it in a room.+25bonus up to 15 · Mat verifiesMentored someone to a finished resultThey finished the project, got the job, shipped the thing. You were there the whole way.+30bonus up to 15 · Mat verifiesLanded a customer, told howThe fixed credit is for the fact. The bonus is for how you did it. Handed-over customers earn no bonus.+20bonus up to 30 · A mentor or Mat verifiesGot the interview or the job, told howThe job is the proof. The story of how you got there is the entry.+15bonus up to 25 · A mentor or Mat verifies
The 30-day board, for members who opt in, comes next.