DepositSlayer
22 MAY
WK 01 · IN PROGRESS
Software that probably
shouldn't exist.
You pitch the apps companies wish were illegal. The audience picks the worst one. We build it for real — Stripe wired, live in public.
THE SEASON · NEXT 8 WEEKS
Every Friday is already on the calendar.
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THIS WEEK · BLACKHAT #01
DepositSlayer
Lease in. Damage photos in. Court-ready dispute letter and small-claims paperwork out. Twenty-nine dollars. It's small-claims-court legal. You're going to love it.
Tap. Photo. Letter. Done.
BUILDING · DAY 03
Watch the buildLive build log
last 5
- 22:14Day 3. Stripe wired. Demo recording done.
- 18:02Day 3. Postcard mailer template approved.
- 11:30Day 3. Photo extractor returned "vibes" as an item. Fixed.
- 23:47Day 2. Auth done. Stripe webhooks half-wired.
- 15:08Day 1. Pitch dropped. Built the skeleton.
EXHIBIT A · TEASER 01
Sixty seconds of the bad idea getting built.
The demo is the marketing. The marketing is the receipts. Tap to unmute.
Just ship the f*cking weird thing.
T-MINUS · FRIDAY 14:00 ET
The next one goes live in.
01
days
20
hrs
42
min
15
sec
until Blackhat #01 ships at depositslayer.com. Worth it.
The scoreboard goes up Friday. Until then there's nothing to count.
FILE NO. 0001 · MANIFESTO
What this is.
Most software gets built quietly, in private, and announced when it's safe.
Black Hat is the opposite. We build the apps your bank, your landlord, and your dating app wish weren't legal — in public, on camera, with the audience picking which institution gets it next. Real products. Real paywalls. Real receipts.
The rules are simple. The grey zone — legally defensible, ethically spicy. Public scraping, TOS violations, public-records workflows. No federal crimes. No deepfakes of real people. No financial-adversarial tools. Beyond that: every week we name a villain, every week we ship the app that costs them. Miss either, the series loses trust.
The point isn't the apps. The apps are the receipts. The point is to prove that software can be made in public, on a schedule, with a wink — and that the audience watching it get built is the same audience that buys it.
The wins are funnier than the losses. The losses are still on brand.
If you've ever wanted to watch the line between clever and forbidden get tested in public every week — you're already in on it.
On purpose.
THE METHOD · 5 STEPS, EVERY WEEK
How a Blackhat goes from idea to live in seven days.
PITCH
We name the institution out loud. We say what their app costs you. The build clock starts that night.
Read the pitchTHE COURT DOCKET · STAMPED, NOT FILED
Every threat, in chronological order.
Sender: TBD
The first one is already overdue. We'll print it the day it arrives.
THE BALLOT · EPISODE 02
You pick the next bad idea.
2 VOTES CASTLIVE
CLOSES IN
0D 00H 00M
Tap an icon to see the idea. Tap the bar to vote.
THE GRAVEYARD
Every Blackhat. Every status.
Working, threatened, ceased, open-sourced, acquired. The wins are funnier than the losses.
EMPTY STATE · WEEK 01
The Graveyard fills up Friday.
Come back at 2pm ET.
WHERE THE SHOW LIVES
Five channels. Pick your fidelity.
SUBMIT
Pitch the worst idea
you've ever wished existed.
Anyone can submit. The shortlist of ten goes to a public vote every Sunday. If yours wins, you take 5% of net revenue for twelve months — and we build it that same week, on camera, while the institution it's aimed at watches.
RECENT
17:42 EST · "auto-files chargebacks for any regret" · online retailers17:41 EST · "ai writes your homework in your handwriting" · schools17:36 EST · "every Hinge profile in your city, ranked" · Hinge17:28 EST · "auto-cancels free trials at 11:59pm" · subscription traps17:15 EST · "DM-warmer for cold sales emails (legal)" · Salesforce17:02 EST · "uber for breaking your lease cleanly" · landlords16:48 EST · "court-ready evidence pack from screenshots" · scammers16:31 EST · "no-show fee bot for Hinge dates" · dating apps17:42 EST · "auto-files chargebacks for any regret" · online retailers17:41 EST · "ai writes your homework in your handwriting" · schools17:36 EST · "every Hinge profile in your city, ranked" · Hinge17:28 EST · "auto-cancels free trials at 11:59pm" · subscription traps17:15 EST · "DM-warmer for cold sales emails (legal)" · Salesforce17:02 EST · "uber for breaking your lease cleanly" · landlords16:48 EST · "court-ready evidence pack from screenshots" · scammers16:31 EST · "no-show fee bot for Hinge dates" · dating apps
THE DISPATCH
Every Friday, in your inbox.
One email a week. The new app. The build log. The fallout. No filler. Free, until the IRS says it isn't.
№01 ships Friday at 2pm ET. Subscribers get it twenty-four hours before the public.
Walk into the room
where it gets built.
Pitches drop here. Votes happen here. Build logs go up Tuesday through Thursday. The Friday drop hits this server before it hits anywhere else. Free. One open room.
Read the three-checkbox screening before you post. Stay weird. Stay legal.
PORTRAIT · TBD
Hudson,
in black & white.
THE BUILDER
Hudson Hildebrand.
Indie operator, ex-CRO consultant.
Spent five years optimising checkout flows for ecommerce brands no one's heard of.
Black Hat is the project that gets to ignore the brief.
FAQ
The boring legally-relevant stuff.
Mostly. We stay in the grey zone — legally defensible, ethically spicy. Public scraping, TOS violations, public-records workflows. No federal crimes. No deepfakes. No financial-adversarial tools. It's small-claims-court legal. You're going to love it.