An honest ask
Help someone
understand a machine.
A clear explanation, a careful test or a useful illustration can make a lesson better. You do not need to write code to contribute. Start with a scoped GitHub issue, or ask in Discord if you would like help finding a task.
How it works
Read its scope and comment before starting.
Agree any unclear details with the maintainer.
Post findings or open a focused pull request.
Check the result and refine it for publication.
The deal
Free. Open source.
Forever.
- Every page free to read — no ads, no paywalls
- Every code sample MIT-licensed
- Checks distinguish source review, successful builds and observed execution
- Original prose under CC BY 4.0
- If the project dies, the content survives
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Ways to help
Find a useful
place to begin.
- Review a lesson tell us where the explanation loses you
- Author a game on a machine you love
- Fill a vault entry for a person, game, or chip
- Submit a pattern with working code + screenshots
- Test on real iron and attach photos to a PR
- Illustrate help a reader see how something works
- Edit catch the typos, tighten the prose
Work you can take on
Starter tasks include a focused lesson review and a keyboard check of one learning journey. The help-wanted list also includes work needing more specialist experience. Each issue explains where to begin and what a useful result looks like. Check its current status and comment before starting; a report can be a contribution without a pull request.
See open contribution tasks ↗New original prose contributions use CC BY 4.0 unless a different arrangement is explicitly agreed and recorded. Keep author credits and identify third-party material and its terms. Contributors retain their copyright.
What you get
Credit for your contribution and a chance to improve what readers learn. See the people and tools behind the project.
What you won't get
Money. Equity. A vesting schedule. This is a craft project, not a startup.
The bar
Working code, clear sources, honest screenshots, and prose that says what was actually checked. Read the standards.