I’ve been heads-down building something new. You’ve heard me drop hints about it, and now it is finally ready for you to touch and feel.

Commune is live.

I love the emails we exchange. Honestly, reading your replies is the highlight of my week. But there is a huge limitation here: email isolates us. When you reply with a brilliant insight, only I see it. The rest of this community misses out on your expertise.

I want to fix that.

I want to move our conversation to a place where we can actually learn from each other. I want you to jump in, leave comments, like posts that resonate, and debate ideas in the open.

This isn’t just another platform. If you know my history with the AsyncAPI Initiative, you know I don’t build walled gardens. I build movements based on openness and collaboration. I am doing the exact same thing with Commune.

Commune is a headless alternative to platforms like Substack. It is built entirely around creator independence.

• You own the relationship: You stick with your own Email Service Provider (ESP).
• Total freedom: You are free to leave whenever you want without losing your audience or your data.
• Loose-coupling: We are effectively applying the principle of loose-coupling to content creation. Your content and your mailing list shouldn’t be hard-wired to the platform you use to display them.

What I need you to do

I am inviting you to be part of the founding group of users.

1. Join Commune: Click the link below and set up your profile. It takes seconds.
2. Start Talking: Go to my latest post and drop a comment. Let’s test the waters.
3. Connect Your Work: If you have your own newsletter, connect it. This platform is designed to help us discover each other’s work, not just consume mine.

We are taking the power back from the big platforms and putting it where it belongs: with the creators and the community. This is day one of a platform built on actual freedom.

I really hope to see you there.