Beukot

A free, online-first community for curious, hands-on people who want to build, explore, and push limits - virtually and occasionally in real life.

No physical lab. No fees. Just good people connecting over real projects.

Why I Started This

I wanted partners for real adventures, not watered-down versions:

• Sailing hard-offshore, challenging conditions, not pub-to-pub cruising (I've build the Sailor Toolbox, a mobile app to foster communication knowledge).

• Wild hiking-off-trail, discovering untouched nature, even if it means risking a fine.

• Building LoRa setups to smash long-distance records (I'm a licensed ham operator).

• Reverse-engineering and crafting microcontroller-based AIS devices for open-sea testing.

• Designing a microcomputer from scratch: circuits, assembler/disassembler/debugger/emulator/compiler - and running a self-developed game on it (I've already built an 8008 emulator in Go).

I have experience here and knowledge there, I have a few tools too. I have no need to participate in physical hackerspace (thus hacker space, not hackerspace - if a space is missing, it's a typo here). However if there is a reason let's set something up together. But I am more into connecting with right people rather than connecting people with a subscribed space.

If any of this resonates - if you want to collaborate on intense, creative projects without bullshit - join us.

Our Rules (Simple)

• No entry/membership fees
• No physical space required
• No bullshit, bots, AI slop, ads, or spam
• No extremes
• Yes to respect
• Yes to learning, mistakes, and helping each other
• Yes to building real things

How to Join / Learn More

Drop by on Libera.Chat IRC (no registration needed):

• Join #vhs for general talk about virtual hacker spaces.
• Or /query zynquor (the founder) for a private chat about Beukot.

Web chat: https://web.libera.chat/#vhs

Looking forward to meeting you!