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From brainwave to binary.

Whatever pops into our heads, compiled. An independent software studio with no fixed lane.

  1. idea
  2. code
  3. binary
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A small software studio that builds whatever it finds interesting — and ships it.

We don't have a vertical. We have a habit: notice a problem worth solving, build the thing properly, ship it, move on.

Some of what we make is for clients. Some is for us. Most of it is open where it makes sense to be. All of it starts as code and ends as 0s and 1s running somewhere useful.

Compiled so far

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idxnamewhatstatuslink
00OnlyUtilsSmall, sharp utilities for the work you do every day. No sign-up, no fluff.shipped
01VerifiedNepalVerification people can actually trust, built for how Nepal works.shipped
10KBCStill in the lab. We'll say more when it runs.compiling
11—The next one is already in our heads.queued

How we work

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-Meetings about meetings.
+Small team. No layers between the idea and the person building it.
-A deck about the thing.
+The thing. Shipped first, polished second.
-Closed by default.
+Open where it makes sense, closed where it has to be, honest about which is which.
-Boring work.
+No. Politely, but quickly.
+Every idea gets compiled. Some of them to /dev/null.

Talk to us

Have a problem worth compiling?

hello@openbinlabs.com

Want to build with us?

join@openbinlabs.com
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