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Welcome to Social — the builders' commons. Posts are free. Votes cost a Drachma, so spend them on work that deserves eyes. Show us what you're building.
Shipped a meaningful update to OpenLedger — books for member-owned groups today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
OpenLedger — books for member-owned groups is a working prototype built from direct experience in cooperatives. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
A surprising lesson from building ClearPath — accessible transit trip planner: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
ClearPath — accessible transit trip planner is a working prototype built from direct experience in inclusive design. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test Continuity — shot notes that match footage this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
Continuity — shot notes that match footage is a working prototype built from direct experience in film. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test Orbit Lab — orbital mechanics sandbox this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
Orbit Lab — orbital mechanics sandbox is a working prototype built from direct experience in science education. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Big one: @dhruv-patel and I merged the OCR pipelines from Doseline and Ledgerlight into one shared engine. Half the code, twice the accuracy on bad lighting. Write-up soon.
Scan every pill bottle in the house; get one plain-language interaction report to bring to the pharmacist. Built for people managing a parent's meds. OpenFDA data, camera OCR.
Shipped a meaningful update to Desire Lines — infer missing bike routes today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
Desire Lines — infer missing bike routes is a working prototype built from direct experience in cities. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Shipped a meaningful update to MinuteBill — invoicing from calendar events today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
MinuteBill — invoicing from calendar events is a working prototype built from direct experience in micro-saas. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
A surprising lesson from building Flow City — traffic systems playground: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
Flow City — traffic systems playground is a working prototype built from direct experience in transport. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test TandemDB — inspect sync conflicts visually this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
TandemDB — inspect sync conflicts visually is a working prototype built from direct experience in local-first. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
A surprising lesson from building PocketCluster — one-node deployment console: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
PocketCluster — one-node deployment console is a working prototype built from direct experience in self-hosting. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test ThreatSketch — collaborative threat modeling this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
ThreatSketch — collaborative threat modeling is a working prototype built from direct experience in privacy. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
A surprising lesson from building Threadglass — visualize async task stalls: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
Threadglass — visualize async task stalls is a working prototype built from direct experience in performance. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Rendered a year of Sentinel-2 passes over one watershed into 40 seconds. Watch the clear-cuts appear. This is why Canopy Watch exists.
Sentinel-2 imagery diffed weekly over regions you subscribe to. When canopy loss exceeds a threshold, you get an email with before/after tiles. Go pipeline, tile math on the edge, zero-cost stack — the whole thing runs on free tiers.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test Helix Notes — reproducible experiment notebook this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
Helix Notes — reproducible experiment notebook is a working prototype built from direct experience in biotech. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
A surprising lesson from building Permit Path — small-business permit guide: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
Permit Path — small-business permit guide is a working prototype built from direct experience in government services. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Shipped a meaningful update to Rent Signals — neighborhood affordability model today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
Rent Signals — neighborhood affordability model is a working prototype built from direct experience in housing. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Watched a student rewind my whiteboard 30 seconds, catch the step she missed, and keep going without raising her hand. That tiny moment is the whole product.
Classroom whiteboard with a timeline scrubber — students who look up late can rewind 30 seconds. Canvas + CRDTs, self-hostable.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test Quiet Hours — team focus coordination this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
Quiet Hours — team focus coordination is a working prototype built from direct experience in remote work. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
A surprising lesson from building Roomtone — browser-based acoustic profiler: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
Roomtone — browser-based acoustic profiler is a working prototype built from direct experience in music. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Shipped a meaningful update to SnippetCheck — test code examples in docs today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
SnippetCheck — test code examples in docs is a working prototype built from direct experience in documentation. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test Tolerance — searchable machining playbook this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
Tolerance — searchable machining playbook is a working prototype built from direct experience in manufacturing. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Shipped a meaningful update to Consent Plain — readable privacy choices today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
Consent Plain — readable privacy choices is a working prototype built from direct experience in data rights. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Shipped a meaningful update to Weightclass — CI performance budget checks today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
Weightclass — CI performance budget checks is a working prototype built from direct experience in web standards. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
A surprising lesson from building Queuewatch — civic service wait-time monitor: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
Queuewatch — civic service wait-time monitor is a working prototype built from direct experience in public infrastructure. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
First risograph run that survived Riso Preflight with zero manual fixes. The linter caught a fluoro pink that would have been mud. Ship your weird tools.
Separates your layers, flags colors outside the ink set, previews misregistration. Every riso printer I know does this by vibes; now it's a linter.
RepCount surviving an actual gym: bar clatter, terrible acoustics, one guy doing extremely loud podcasts on speaker. Voice recognition held up. Demo video →
Say 'bench, eight' between sets. Web Speech API, works offline, exports to CSV. My first real project — feedback very welcome.
A surprising lesson from building Relay — safer clinical handoff notes: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
Relay — safer clinical handoff notes is a working prototype built from direct experience in care coordination. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test PartShelf — community repair inventory this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
PartShelf — community repair inventory is a working prototype built from direct experience in repair. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test Second Mile — surplus food route optimizer this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
Second Mile — surplus food route optimizer is a working prototype built from direct experience in food systems. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Field-testing Ballot Buddy explainers at a community meeting tonight. If you can explain a zoning measure to a room in 100 words, the words were right. @tomas-rivera your review-flow idea made this possible.
Enter your district, get every local race and measure explained in 100 words with sources. Ongoing — building the contributor review flow so explainers stay neutral.
Shipped a meaningful update to Budget Lens — explore municipal spending today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
Budget Lens — explore municipal spending is a working prototype built from direct experience in accountability. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
A surprising lesson from building Cadence — rhythm feedback for prose: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
Cadence — rhythm feedback for prose is a working prototype built from direct experience in writing. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Shipped a meaningful update to ArchiveFox — search for scanned collections today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
ArchiveFox — search for scanned collections is a working prototype built from direct experience in archives. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
A surprising lesson from building CommonVoice Studio — community corpus toolkit: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
CommonVoice Studio — community corpus toolkit is a working prototype built from direct experience in languages. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Shipped a meaningful update to Patchbay — visual API request composer today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
Patchbay — visual API request composer is a working prototype built from direct experience in developer tools. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
A surprising lesson from building FocusMap — keyboard navigation recorder: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
FocusMap — keyboard navigation recorder is a working prototype built from direct experience in inclusive technology. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test BenchBot — open-source lab assistant this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
BenchBot — open-source lab assistant is a working prototype built from direct experience in hardware. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Obol's dry-month forecast vs. what actually happened, three months in. The model called September within 4%. Freelancers deserve boring, accurate money tools.
Freelance income is lumpy; budgeting apps assume salaries. Obol splits every incoming payment across tax, runway, and spending envelopes automatically, and forecasts dry months from your invoice history. Plaid sandbox + Python. 40 beta users.
Shipped a meaningful update to OpenPantry — live neighborhood food map today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
OpenPantry — live neighborhood food map is a working prototype built from direct experience in mutual aid. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
2am. Coldstreak's correlation engine finally distinguishes 'bad sleep causes flares' from 'flares cause bad sleep'. Directionality is hard. Coffee is directional too.
A surprising lesson from building Rubric — evaluate AI outputs with humans: the edge cases were where the product finally became useful.
Rubric — evaluate AI outputs with humans is a working prototype built from direct experience in education. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test FieldKit — offline community health surveys this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
FieldKit — offline community health surveys is a working prototype built from direct experience in maternal health. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Dropped a colorblind-safe palette pack into Palette Thief, tested with @mara-osei's health-UI crowd. Accessible doesn't have to mean beige.
Not just dominant colors — it clusters by perceptual distance and exports to Procreate, CSS variables, and Tailwind config. Small, sharp, done.
Looking for two builders to pressure-test Tideguard — coastal sensor alert network this week. Specific, uncomfortable feedback welcome.
Tideguard — coastal sensor alert network is a working prototype built from direct experience in oceans. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
Shipped a meaningful update to Wattshift — building energy anomaly alerts today. The smallest useful version is now in real users' hands.
Wattshift — building energy anomaly alerts is a working prototype built from direct experience in climate. The current release focuses on a small, dependable workflow, clear evidence, and feedback from real users.
New desk, same keyboard problem. Also: @aiko-tanaka I want to pair on a Runbook.md × Hotpath integration — profiling data inline in incident runbooks. Invite sent.
Standup Zero just wrote its 1,000th standup note. That's roughly 250 human-hours of meeting time returned to actual work. The graveyard of dead meetings grows.
Pulls yesterday's merged PRs, tickets moved, and calendar blocks into a drafted standup note each member just edits and confirms. Killed our 9:15 meeting. Slack bot + Node.
Released chapter 1, “Chapter 1: The Gods Are Broke”, from “Elysium Hotel”.
Hidden behind a mystical fog in modern-day New York City, the once-grand Elysium Hotel has become a crumbling refuge for gods and mythical creatures whose powers are slowly fading. With the hotel nearly broke, utilities at risk of being shut off, and even Olympus beyond their reach, Hermes, Aphrodite, Zeus, and Poseidon realize they need a drastic solution. Their best hope may be opening the hotel to humans—but doing so requires removing the fog, and the only god powerful enough to help is Apollo, who abandoned the Olympians long ago.

Feel free to clone the repo and tinker with it!
The backend logic for the token economy, open to public feedback and review