An invitation to those who think differently.
"Most software today is not built for you. It's built for someone who wants something from you."
"We build differently."
The Eddy Current Principle
Kayakers know: behind every rock in the river, an eddy forms.
A quiet pocket where the water curves back upstream, calm inside the chaos.
Those who know this don't avoid obstacles, they use them to rest, regroup, and move forward.
We build software the same way.
The Obstacles We Use
Gradle pulls in hundreds of libraries, nobody knows what they all do.
WordPress installs updates with Google Analytics quietly bundled in.
Windows is always watching.
App Stores take 30%, for nothing.
These aren't problems to route around.
They're rocks. And behind every rock is an eddy.
What We're Building
An operating system that can be trusted.
- No package manager apps delivered via HTTP, running natively, cached locally
- No corporation - fully Open Source, anyone can host it
- No hidden dependencies - AI-assisted code reviews as a trust layer
- No middleman taking a cut - Bitcoin Lightning micropayments flow directly to developers - Stack: SML/SMS for UI, Go for services, Linux kernel as foundation
Anyone who compiles themselves pays nothing.
Those who use the distribution let Satoshis flow, including backwards, to everyone who ever contributed.
Even Linus Torvalds gets a share for the kernel.
Who We're Looking For
Not finished developers.
People who are curious.
Who prefer understanding over consuming.
Who find an idea more important than a CV.
All disciplines welcome:
C++, Go, Design, Philosophy, Journalism, Law, whatever you bring.
How It Works – Three Circles
Local – Wittenberg Saturdays
Full day, €80 per person. Room costs covered from just 2 participants.
Hands-on, in person, real coffee.
I show you my way of doing things efficiently using AI - and Ahimsa, Gandhi's principle of do no harm, as the ethical foundation beneath every line of code we write.
Regional – Day Trip
Berlin and Leipzig are 1–2 hours by train.
Come for the Saturday, go home the same evening.
Global – X Spaces / Online
Free or small ticket via X.
Africa, Russia, Americas, Asia – wherever you are.
The global circle feeds the local one.
How It Begins
We don't wait for perfect conditions.
Two people signing up is enough – the circle begins.
In the first circle we decide together: Where do we meet? When? What do we build first?
From there the circle grows to seven. The project name gets chosen. First steps get defined.
The circle can grow to thirteen – larger spaces available in Wittenberg as needed.
Those who stay longer become mentors, running their own circles.
No big deal – it's about passing on tools.
Once it was Google and Stack Overflow. Today it's AI.
The principle stays the same: learn to find solutions, not memorize them.
Coding in the background is helpful – but no longer mandatory.
The AI handles the code. We handle the thinking.
Why Wittenberg?
In 1517, Martin Luther changed the frame here.
He didn't fight the system – he changed the frame.
That's second-order thinking.
That's what we do.
Recognition
Every contribution gets an Atesti para Dana –
a physical certificate of participation, signed by witnesses.
Not money. Memory. Frameable, collectible, tradeable like art.
In twenty years, an Atesti saying "I helped build this OS"
might be worth more than you think.
Interested? Get in touch.
CrowdWare - Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany
Codeberg: codeberg.org/crowdware
Aho 🌱
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