In the open.
Company-OS is a glass box. You can always see what it's doing, so the company building it runs the same way.
The whole record: every decision that shaped it, in plain language, as it was made. Not a changelog of features. A log of the thinking.
26 decisions 5–10 July 2026 updated as they're made
- 26
Opened this record to the public. The glass box, turned on the company itself. You're reading it.
Building - 25
Rewrote this site around who it's for, how it works, and how you'd pay.
Design
- 24
How it stays sustainable: always free to run yourself; pay only if you'd rather we host it for you.
Business - 23
The glass box is for everyone on the team, each with their own view of the work.
Product - 22
Sharpened the core idea: the only system for your company that both runs on its own and is truly yours.
Idea
- 21
Gave the product a real home you log into. Your login decides which company you see.
Building - 20
Settled the name and the home on the web: company-os.net.
Building - 19
Built the signup so your details reach me directly, with no third-party form sitting in the middle.
Building - 18
Who it's for, widened: anyone building lean, whether one person or a small team. It's about the stage, not the size.
Idea - 17
For a company you're still founding, its first job is to help you figure it out, not fill in numbers you don't have yet.
Product - 16
Built so a company can pick up and move. Nothing gets locked in.
Product
- 15
Started building the first real version: one login, one shared view for a small founding team.
Building - 14
Chose the first real company to run on it, one being built right now, in the open.
Building - 13
Wrote the manifesto to read cold to a stranger, yet still carry the sharp idea.
Idea - 12
Settled the look: modernist, light, unhurried. Order is the calm.
Design - 11
Drew the mark: a pulse passing through a glass box. Something alive running through the company, never sealed.
Design
- 10
The moment it earns its keep: one decision, drawn from every side of the business, ready for you to approve.
Product - 09
The screen stays minimal, and you can always see what it did, what it's doing, and what's next.
Product - 08
A clean web app is how you see it and steer it.
Product - 07
Built on proven, open foundations, with a swappable brain that's always the best value of the moment.
Building - 06
It works on its own, day and night. Something that runs, not something you summon.
Product - 05
It runs on hardware you control.
Product - 04
First read on who it's for: solo technical founders.
Idea - 03
A rule for building it: earn its keep fast, or reshape it.
Business - 02
The founding idea: a system that runs on its own for your company. Not a chatbot that waits to be asked.
Idea - 01
Build the company itself the way the product works: every decision written down, in the open. This page is that promise, kept.
Building
The next decision is who comes aboard.
The first few founders shape what it becomes. There's nothing to sell you yet, and that's the point.