Post by @jakehamilton@hachyderm.io

2026-07-19 06:16 UTC

Imagine there was a software collective. A group of people that collaborated on different projects, helped each other, and built a better future together. What would you do? What would you work on? What would you contribute? This isn't a hypothetical. Fedi, please add your own reply and boost this post for reach (thank you in advance). I want to find the people that believe such a thing is possible and want to be a part of it.

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@cryptomoose@infosec.exchange 2026-07-19 13:16

@jakehamilton@hachyderm.io happy to keep an eye on this and pitch in where I can, I code, and have developed projects from scratch. So some experience in this...

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@RyeNCode@mstdn.ca 2026-07-19 15:21

@jakehamilton@hachyderm.io I would (as I am now in so little spare time) work on and open up a project I have to teach and show how computers and coding work from a low level with lessons growing and teaching higher level ideas that build on the lower levels. This includes a Fantasy Machine VM that is inspectable at the memory, register and so on levels. Somewhat equivalent to an Apple] [e, with virtual hardware to handle display and input /output. An initial boot-ROM that includes a version of BASIC for the machine. Lessons would start with the BASIC learning 😉 then go into how that affects the memory, the CPU, the display. Later have the learner write in the assembly for the machine. Make a game, then make it's graphics, solve some (artificial but representative) speed issues, make a "library" to reuse code. Then, make a rudimentary compiler. The capabilities of the VM can grow to meet the need of the lessons. Overall, a CS course as a journey though the lessons, the VM. Allow people to share their creations.

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@pip@infosec.exchange 2026-07-19 13:49

@jakehamilton@hachyderm.io 1. An AI-free web browser & web browser engine 2. An AI-free search engine & search index 3. An AI-free operating system & kernel

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@klasse_methode@chaos.social 2026-07-19 09:05

@jakehamilton@hachyderm.io great question and Initiative! We're doing this for a couple of years now and love it! Our recommendation is to not focus on the tech but the politics: What are your shared values, how do you want to work together, what would your ideal society look like. This will help find projects you can really get behind as a collective. Also we have a local first approach, meaning we operate in our city, meet regularly in person and build strong relationships with people/groups we work with.

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@grim_elsewhere@lgbtqia.space 2026-07-20 22:27

@jakehamilton@hachyderm.io submitted mine. Thanks for this!

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