janpietrz. Thanks for your feedback! I'll address your questions in order:

- The interface aims to be dead simple. From the developer perspective there is little interface (aside from reporting back to them what they have earned, which tags earned the most, etc). The developers are simply adding tags into their git commits. From a manager perspective, there are two main interfaces: 1. there is a path to define revenue streams (which can eventually integrate into native accounting software). 2. There is an interface that lists out the unassigned tags which you can simply drag and drop onto the revenue streams and set the commission rate. I can definetely provide more sketches if you like. I hope to update the website soon with more detailed screenshots.

- There is a time weight component that is optional. One algorithm is a time weighted decay component that continues to value contributions over time even after they have been removed.

-Definitely, weird scenarios can come out of it. Skein isn't meant to be a one size fits all solution but rather a platform for companies to customize their own solution. Its also not meant to be a perfect solution, but rather a solution that is better than what we have now (which is nothing ;), which can be iterated on over time. In terms of the scenario you described simplifying the code is actually something that benefits everyone working on a particular feature because it increases everyones percentage participation, because the total percentage of code went down. This motivates people to refactor code more heavily. However, there are ways to customize this behavior as well. Time weighted algorithms could potentially help with you scenario. Also keep in mind, even though that first 10% of the code you wrote was largely discarded, it was also the first code, and probably contains the core components which if written well will not go away over time.

- The target market for this product is mainly small to mid size tech companies that don't want to offer equity as a costly compensation that many engineers don't value in the same way that an investor or board member would, but still prompts motivation and rapid growth. The possibility of unhealthy competition is eclipsed (IMO) by the fact that engineers are now empowered to participate at a level they have never been able to before, and that is at the level of commission, which provides tremendous benefit and motivation. Therefore, the idea is to promote engineers to compete in a healthy measurable way that they can see and optimize to the businesses goals, rather than the current way which is very qualitative and not transparent, perhaps even in some companies a bit more political. I think your idea on offering additional bonuses to more collaborative efforts is a great idea!

- Exactly. Skein also serves another purpose, while the compensation component is important it is entirely optional and customizable. Another main value add that skein provides is an insight into how individual initiatives (in this case tags made by developers) impact the top line of the company in terms of its relationship to different revenue streams. To this day that process is very much a black box. This allows us to move more towards "data driven product development" a concept that will prove to define and further the technology industry in years to come.