Building in the open
The factory, in the open.
This page is a proof surface, not a brochure. The counters below are drawn from factory records, each labeled with its source and the date it was read. Where a number is an estimate it says so. Where we do not know yet, it says UNKNOWN.
58
site improvement waves shipped
Every wave gated on tests, typecheck, and a production build, then verified live at its public URL before it was called done.
Source: Website lane records (wave receipts) · As of 2026-11-07
73
pages in the open census
One audit mission per sitemap URL: claims, metadata, duplication, and discoverability, read against current production.
Source: Live sitemap census + Operation 1000 ledger · As of 2026-11-07
46
essays published
Fact-checked, funny, and deliberately not called episodes. Each carries its own FAQ section and structured data.
Source: Production blog census · As of 2026-11-07
27 / 27
independent UI audit findings dispositioned
Fixed, ported, rejected with evidence, or formally routed to the floor that owns them. None silently dropped.
Source: UI audit 2026-11-01 + Website and FYD lane receipts · As of 2026-11-07
11 / 110
open census missions completed
The websites slice of Operation 1000: paced admissions, append-only findings, semantic dedup before counting.
Source: Operation 1000 websites ledger · As of 2026-11-07
Under 2 hrs
weekly human upkeep budget for this section
Every surface here updates from records the factory already produces. A transparency page that cannot maintain itself gets cut, not left to rot: a dead open page argues against the openness it claims.
Source: the build spec for this section · Standing rule
Evals and gates
The standing gates our work must pass: acoustic timing, ship-line verification, tenant isolation, discoverability, content quality, and the wave gates. Current state and trend for each, including the ones that failed first.
What it costs to run this
The cost physics of a small business web, social, and AI stack: what doing it yourself actually costs once your own hours are priced, and an interactive calculator that runs your numbers.
The three tiers
Self-Hosted at $0, Hosted DIY from $29 a month, and Concierge priced off the owner's hours with the caps printed. The pricing logic is published with the prices.
Three doors, one per tier
Do it yourself. The open core, the library, and the evals are free, forever. Self-Hosted, $0
We host it. Your site and objects run on our infrastructure, guided by the same library. Hosted DIY, from $29/mo
We run it for you. Concierge, priced off the owner's hours with the caps printed in advance. Concierge, from $2,500