Community Service Hour

We already build the world's software. Let's do it together—in the open, on our own terms.

Every week we get on a live call and show what we're actually making: open source, AI experiments, products, weird art. One hour a week. Everything you make stays yours. No perfection required. Just real progress, in public, with people who show up.

This is for you if…

You're tired of building in silence

Projects quietly dying on "version 2.0 coming soon" is the default. But real artists ship.

You want your work to accumulate into something undeniable

Everything you build here is public and yours. Over time, small ships compound into a portfolio that speaks for itself.

You'd rather cooperate than grind alone

Feedback, small wins, mutual encouragement. We share what we learned and celebrate real progress together.

You're experimenting with something new

AI agents, neural nets, weird side projects, art—bring whatever you're actually excited about.

You think tech culture could be healthier

This call is a living example of what it looks like when builders actually support each other instead of hiding.

How it works

1
Just start

Fix a typo, open a pull request, push something small. The act of publishing is the act of joining.

2
Show up

One hour a week, live. Share what you made, hear what others made. That's the whole commitment.

3
Release early & often

Don't wait until it's perfect. Real artists ship. Perfectionism is just another way to stay hidden.

4
Build something real

Over time, your public work becomes undeniable proof of what you can do—and who you did it with.

Never contributed to open source before? That's the best place to start.

Create a GitHub profile, find any project you care about (for example this web page is open source), fix a typo, and send a pull request. From your first contribution you are already doing more in public than most people in tech ever will. Put it on your resume. Then come tell us about it on the call—you'll get nothing but encouragement.

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Self healing code
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We watch a developer run tests, teach AI pedantic rules, and fix 80+ HTML problems automatically — and argue why TDD matters more than ever.

Tokenizing aviation assets
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Tokenizing aviation assets: securitizing junior/mezzanine tranches, liquidation mechanics, insurance/factoring, market-making/stalking-horse liquidity

Logitech MX Master 4 on Mac review
without bloated Logi software
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Stop building alone

The call is free, the door is wide open, and the only requirement is that you're making something. Come ship with us.

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