Cyberdecks and Shipped Things
Early summer at the school had two modes — building a cyberdeck by hand and shipping a website by Tuesday. Thirteen classes started between June and the end of July: Build a Cyberdeck, Practical Propaganda, Intro to Open Source, Interactive Fiction, Control AI Spending, and then Automate Your Email and Context Engineering right at the end.
The Founding Federation Cohort Alpha room was the loudest place in the building. Most weeks had a business hour, then a technical hour, and what came out of it is the showcase in the middle of this issue — maps, privacy tools, a visual novel, a handful of Claude skills and one very cheap domain name.
We shipped a lot too, and most of it is unglamorous: a merch lab, sponsor-a-seat donations, email preferences, a What's New card and a few absurd homepage themes. If something here is wrong or you want it gone, email me — it's one email away.
This issue was assembled by AI from what was shared in Multiverse chat rooms and the school's changelog. Want your piece changed or taken down? Email [email protected] and it's done.