A public workshop for a different future

Powerful tools.
In people’s
hands.

Useful machines people can control, retain, and operate themselves. Built by humans, with AI, and made possible by people who want more agency.

ON THE BENCH

The workshop is open. Bring a problem or offer your skills today. Our first public machine editions are being prepared.

FIELD NOTES / V.01INDEPENDENT BY DESIGN

MAKE
CAPABILITY
COMMON.

BY THE POWER OF TRUTH
BUILD IT. SHOW IT. SHARE THE POSSIBILITY.
LESS RENTING CAPABILITY.MORE HAVING IT.A FUTURE WE CAN BUILD.

01In the workshop

Useful beats hypothetical.

All machines

We begin with work people already do—and tools they shouldn’t have to surrender control to use.

02How this grows

We put the
first tools in.
You bring
what’s next.

We contribute the first free products and disclose what they cost. Then we build from real needs, with help from the people who know them.

  1. 01

    We build.

    Useful machines with clear limits, rights, and evidence.

  2. 02

    People use.

    The goal: capability you can keep, with a free-use scope stated before release.

  3. 03

    Everyone can contribute.

    A stubborn problem. An hour of testing. Code, care, distribution, or funding.

  4. 04

    We build the next thing.

    Community input informs the work. Humans remain accountable for the decisions.

03In the workshop

Ambition, with a work order.

Explore the missions

A mission is a visible piece of work. Long-term ideas are marked separately from current work and funded commitments.

04The public books

Follow the work.
Follow the money.

Building takes time. Maintaining takes money. Making a living from useful work is part of the plan. The books should tell that story plainly.

Open the books

01Cash and labor, recorded separately.

02Real transactions, separate from promises.

03Savings demonstrated, never invented.

Read our economics method

It starts with a real problem

You don’t need to code.
You need something to change.

Bring it to the workshop