Lab #2 is in the books — and it delivered.
The Venue
We set up shop at Giovanni's Cigar Shop in North Beach, San Francisco. Coffee in hand, laptops open, and no agenda other than to push the work forward and see who shows up. That's the whole idea behind the Labs format: low overhead, high signal.
What We Worked On
The session focused heavily on image — how the project presents itself, what it communicates at a glance, and where the gaps are between what we're building and how it reads to an outside eye. Good, honest conversation. The kind that only happens when you get out of your home office.
The Surprise Guest
The real highlight of the day: a developer stopped by to see what we were working on. Turns out he's been a Debian contributor for over 20 years — the kind of technical depth that doesn't announce itself. He sat down, looked at what we had, and gave us real feedback. Not the polite kind. The useful kind.
It went both ways. We got to share some of what we've been building, and by the end he walked away with a few ideas of his own. That's the exchange you hope for when you build in public.
What's Next
Lab #2: successful. Community showing up. Work moving.
Next up: Lab #3 @ Googleplex. We're expanding the footprint. See you there.