Cupid's Day Off

Swiping rewards the best selfie. The things that decide whether two people last, like how they split the check, fight or spend a Sunday, never show up on a profile.

The Gauntlet is a 12-question psychometric test built from real dating moments. Each answer moves you along six axes: Tempo, Rationality, Autonomy, Traditionalism, Expressiveness and Materialism. Matching is distance in that space, batched and reviewed by a human during the beta.

The product runs as a React and Vite front end with an Express API on Supabase, Stripe for payments, and a Docker multi-stage deploy. Security-lockdown migrations and Playwright and Vitest suites cover payments, matching and error handling.

The launch included a modern-noir brand with two recurring characters, The Architect and The Poet, and a scheduled seven-post Instagram launch week.