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I rebuilt AFTER HUMAN — an open home for AI tools, experiments, and future products

Over the last weeks I rebuilt my website:

👉 https://www.afterhuman.online/

But this is not just a portfolio page.

I want Afterhuman to become the home for the open source AI products, tools, experiments, and ideas I am building next.

What is AFTER HUMAN?

Afterhuman is my independent AI development forge.

The idea is simple:

Build practical, open, developer-friendly AI systems that people can actually use, extend, break, improve, and learn from.

Not just demos.

Not just landing pages.

Not just “AI wrappers”.

I want to build tools that feel useful, local-first where possible, transparent, and shaped together with a community.

Why I rebuilt the site

I needed a place that can grow with the projects.

Right now, the site introduces the direction:

  • open source first
  • modular systems
  • sovereign AI
  • tools for developers, builders, inventors, and explorers

The current version is still early, but it already gives Afterhuman a clearer identity and a place where future releases can live.

The first bigger project: Argus

Because of a DEV challenge that is currently running, I started working more seriously on Argus.

Argus is not public yet, but it is one of the main things I want to release under the Afterhuman umbrella.

The vision:

A modular AI system for real-time observation, memory, tools, automation, and intelligent response.

Think less “chatbot” and more:

a personal AI operating layer that can understand context, use tools, remember what matters, and help you act.

It is still early, and I do not want to overpromise. But the foundation is being built, and I will share more soon.

Why community matters

One thing I learned while building OpenBlob and writing here on DEV:

Projects become better when people can see them early.

Not when everything is polished.

Not when all features are finished.

But when other developers can ask questions, challenge ideas, suggest use cases, and maybe even build with you.

That is why I want Afterhuman to become an open community for:

  • AI developers
  • open source builders
  • creative technologists
  • indie hackers
  • researchers
  • inventors
  • curious people who want to explore what AI tools can become

What comes next

The next steps are:

  1. Publish more information about Argus
  2. Open the Discord community more publicly
  3. Share progress on the website
  4. Release first open source components and tools
  5. Keep documenting the build process here on DEV

For now, the site is live:

👉 https://www.afterhuman.online/

And if you are interested in open source AI tools, local AI systems, agents, automation, or experimental developer tools, I would love to have you around.

This is still the beginning.

But that is usually the most interesting part.

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Benjamin Nguyen

neat