HAS THIS
EVER HAPPENED
TO YOU?WHAT ISN’T
WORKING?
BASED ON YOUR DESCRIPTION
An interpretation of your words. Not a test of your software.
DON’T FIGHT THE BUG. HAND IT OVER.
SEE IT FIXED BEFORE YOU PAY.
For people stuck with broken websites, apps, scripts, APIs or automations, AI-built or not.
If your AI tool fixes it, use it. I’m for when it keeps looping, says “fixed” and isn’t, or you’d rather someone else own it.
FREE TO SEND · PRICE BEFORE WORK STARTS · PAY ONLY AFTER YOU SEE THE PROOF
Real bugs.
The same check, before and after.
- 01The same featured conversation showed up twice on a club homepage
The check: The conversation shows up once on the page.
BEFORE = FAIL → AFTER = PASS
- 02Ordinary dashboard reads triggered full storage listings
The check: Reading the dashboard makes no storage listings.
BEFORE = FAIL → AFTER = PASS
- 03A support-draft cleanup step deleted the question the draft was meant to ask
The check: The order-number question stays in the draft.
BEFORE = FAIL → AFTER = PASS
Real bugs from my own software, rerun from their real history with synthetic test data. They are not customer cases, and each one states what was not checked.
One broken behavior.
One clear finish line.
PROOF FIRST
- 01We make it break
I recreate the problem so we can both see it fail.
- 02We agree on what “working” means
Before changing anything, we define the exact check that has to pass.
- 03We fix it
- 04We run the same check again
The original failure must pass. I also re-check what the fix touches, a targeted check, not a full audit, and say what I didn’t test.
- 05You see it pass
Then you pay.
WHAT YOU GET
- Before you pay: proof that the agreed problem is repaired. The same agreed check runs again, it passes, and you can see the evidence.
- After you accept and pay: the repaired work itself: updated code, files, configuration or scripts, or another handoff agreed up front.
- With it: a short plain-English record of what was wrong, what changed, what was tested, and what wasn’t checked.
START WITH THE PROBLEM, NOT YOUR WHOLE CODEBASE. If I need files, logs or access later, I’ll say exactly what.
Automation helps me recreate, investigate, test and verify the problem. I review every result before you see it.
PRICE BEFORE WORK. PAY AFTER PROOF. You approve a fixed price before work starts. If I prove the repair works, I send you a secure payment link. Pay by card through Stripe, or by Venmo or Bitcoin.
If I can’t recreate the problem or can’t prove the repair, I’ll tell you why and you don’t pay.
SEND THE BUG.
I PERSONALLY REVIEW EVERY SUBMISSION.
I’ll tell you whether I can take it, what I need, and the fixed price before any repair work starts.
WHO’S BEHIND THIS?
Why I built Proof First
I’m Christopher Rivero. I build and troubleshoot software and automations, and I’m the one family and friends call when something breaks.
A tool, an AI, even a developer kept saying something was “fixed” while the part that mattered was still broken. So Proof First has one rule: a repair doesn’t count because someone or something says it worked. It counts when the agreed behavior is tested again and visibly passes.
I personally review every submission.
Questions
What can I send you?
One specific thing that’s broken: what should happen, and what happens instead. Websites, web apps, AI-built apps, scripts, automations, APIs and integrations, mostly in JavaScript, TypeScript and Python. It doesn’t matter what built it, and it’s fine if an AI already tried. If it’s outside what I can responsibly verify, I’ll say so.
Do I have to send my code or give you access?
Start by sending the problem and a link if you have one. If I need a file, the repository or logs, I’ll tell you exactly what I need after I review your submission. You don’t need to send your whole repository by default, and I’ll ask only for the access the repair actually needs.
What if you can’t reproduce it or can’t prove the repair?
I won’t pretend it’s fixed. I may ask for more detail first. If I still can’t recreate it, or can’t prove the repair, I’ll tell you what I tried and why, and you don’t pay. I can’t promise every bug can be fixed; I won’t call it fixed unless the agreed check passes.
What if the fix breaks something else?
I re-check what the change touches, before and after. That’s a targeted check, not a full audit, and I tell you what I didn’t check.
Is my code or private information safe?
AI work on your information happens on my own machine by default. Cloud AI is used only when you explicitly approve it for that job. Private code is seen only by me and never published. Any access I ask for is temporary and limited to what the repair needs, and you can revoke it afterwards. I delete my working copies 7 days after handoff, sooner if you ask, and don’t reuse your code for training, lessons or public examples without your permission. Please don’t send passwords, API keys or sensitive customer data. I don’t claim any certification beyond that.
Do you use AI or tools during the repair?
Yes, repair work may use automated tools, including AI models. They run on my own machine by default; a cloud AI service is used only if you explicitly approve it for that job. An AI saying “fixed” isn’t proof, though; only the same check passing counts. If a tool like Claude or Cursor already solves your problem, use it.
PROOF RADAR · RESEARCH SNAPSHOT
What developers are actually struggling with
Proof Radar watches public reports of broken software to spot where fixes fail and what developers keep getting stuck on.
- PUBLIC REPORTS188Reports written by people about broken software, classified automatically.
- AI-FIX REPORTS25Reports where someone said an AI or tool tried a fix.
- OUTCOME REPORTED16 of 25The poster said the problem stayed broken or another one appeared.
Snapshot: October 3, 2026. Last 30 days. Counts of reports, not rates: people mostly post when something goes wrong, so this does not show how often repairs fail. Counted automatically; individual reports were not reviewed one by one.
How these counts are made →