SPARTACUS.APP

A Platform for Conditional Commitment and Collective Action — 2024 ACX Grant Recipient

TypeScript / Next.js / Supabase

URGENT — IMMEDIATE START

The Opportunity

Spartacus.app is a live platform for conditional commitment and collective action. Users create campaigns with participation thresholds: pledges only activate when enough people commit, so nobody has to go first alone. The platform enables coordinated group efforts across a wide range of use cases, from community organizing and workplace advocacy to business coalitions and large-scale policy campaigns.

The project is grounded in behavioral economics and game theory — specifically the threshold models and coordination problems that explain why good ideas fail when people don’t want to go first. Spartacus was selected for a 2024 ACX Grant in recognition of its strong underlying ideas and real potential to solve hard, real-world problems. We have completed successful pilot campaigns with unions and AI safety organizations.

Our primary developer has abruptly departed due to a personal crisis, and we need a skilled replacement to pick up active development immediately.

The infrastructure is stable, and comprehensive handoff documentation has been prepared. This is not a greenfield build — it’s a continuation of a well-structured project that needs an experienced developer to keep it moving.

What You’d Be Doing

Immediate Priorities

We are in the middle of a significant overhaul that requires pushing updates to core features into production. The incoming developer’s first priority is completing this transition:

• Universalize a new UX/UI direction across the platform, ensuring consistency and polish throughout the application.
• Make core user stories more robust — the Create Campaign and Join Campaign flows are the foundation of the entire product and need to be hardened.
• Branch reconciliation — the production site currently deploys from a feature branch with significant unmerged work. This needs to be audited, consolidated, and stabilized.
• Resolve outstanding items in review — several features have been submitted for review and need minor adjustments before being marked complete.

Roadmap

Beyond the immediate overhaul, there is a well-scoped roadmap of planned features that can be reviewed in detail separately. Key areas include:

• Better monetization (Stripe integration, platform fees)
• ID verification for campaign participants