making a toy called "badger"

My pet project for a month has been a web toy based on the idea that people love collecting badges. I thought that if I created a small website where people could make, share, and collect badges, it had the potential to be a fun, addicting game that could earn me a little bit of supplemental income. A screenshot from itsbadger.online The core concept: Make badges, collect badges, core base game is free but premium features cost a one-time fee of $2. My audience is people like me who enjoy simple, fun web experiences and who don't mind spending a micro-transaction to support an artist. I teamed up with Claude to make this project, which accelerated the process significantly. However, I am a developer and found myself troubleshooting and working through problems similar to how I did before AI. My technical knowledge helped me more quickly understand and solve peculiarities in my app than if I had just been vibe-coding with no experience. Further, I've been implementing scaffolding to…