The open registry for proof-of-concept technical ideas
Founded by Daouda Abdoul Anzize — January 2026
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# Browse existing ideas
open https://tryboy869.github.io/dev-ideas/
# Submit your idea
git clone https://github.com/Tryboy869/dev-ideas.git
cp template.json ideas/my-idea-slug.json
# Edit ideas/my-idea-slug.json with your concept
git add . && git commit -m "feat: add my-idea-slug" && git push
Visual Catalog → • Contribution Guide →
The problem: You have a technical idea. Where do you put it?
- ❌ Academic papers → 6+ months review, paywalls
- ❌ GitHub repos without context → invisible, no validation
- ❌ Twitter threads → ephemeral, lost in noise
- ❌ Private notes → never validated, never built
The solution: A structured, searchable registry where:
- ✅ Ideas evolve from Hypothesis → PoC → Validated
- ✅ Community validates via GitHub Discussions
- ✅ Proper attribution (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- ✅ Discoverable by search engines + LLMs
Real-world use cases:
- 🔬 Researcher wants to test hypothesis before committing to full paper
- 💡 Developer has 3 side project ideas, wants community feedback on which to pursue
- 🛠️ Team needs to document R&D explorations for future reference
- 🌐 Open-source maintainer wants to crowdsource feature ideas
1. Submit → JSON file via Pull Request
2. Validate → Automated structure check
3. Discuss → GitHub Discussion opens automatically
4. Evolve → Hypothesis → Experimentation → Concept → PoC → Validated
Your idea. Our collective validation.
- 🌱 Just launched (January 2026)
- 💡 10 seed ideas to demonstrate format
- 🔨 Actively seeking contributors
| Phase | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Hypothesis | Untested intuition | "What if SQLite used CRDTs?" |
| Experimentation | Active testing, collecting data | "Built a basic prototype, seeing 20% overhead" |
| Concept | Structured approach | "CRDT layer design documented" |
| PoC | Working prototype | "Demo repo with benchmarks" |
| Validated | Reproduced by others | "3+ independent implementations" |
Read the full guide: CONTRIBUTING.md | CONTRIBUTING_FR.md
Quick start:
- Fork this repo
- Create
ideas/your-idea-slug.jsonfollowing the schema - Open a Pull Request
- Automated validation runs
- If approved, a Discussion thread is created automatically
/dev/ideas/
├── .github/
│ └── workflows/
│ ├── validate-idea.yml # Validates JSON structure
│ ├── create-discussion.yml # Auto-creates GitHub Discussion
│ └── build-site.yml # Generates static site
├── ideas/
│ ├── distributed-sqlite-crdt.json
│ ├── neural-kernel-scheduler.json
│ └── ...
├── schema/
│ └── idea.schema.json # JSON Schema for validation
├── docs/
│ ├── index.html # Generated website
│ └── ideas.json # Auto-generated from ideas/*.json
├── README.md # English docs
├── README_FR.md # French docs
├── CONTRIBUTING.md # English contribution guide
├── CONTRIBUTING_FR.md # French contribution guide
├── LICENSE.md
└── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Neural Kernel Scheduler
— 3 independent implementations confirmed 20% latency improvement
- Self-Healing WASM
— 2 teams testing automatic rollback mechanisms
- Distributed SQLite CRDT
— Looking for experimenters to test overhead impact
- Founding Maintainer: Daouda A. Anzize
- License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (ideas), MIT (code/scripts)
- Decisions: Community consensus via Discussions
- Maintainer Rotation: New co-maintainers every 6 months
This is a community project. The founder's role is to curate, not control.
- Ideas, descriptions, documentation: CC BY-SA 4.0
- Code snippets, scripts: MIT
If you use an idea from this registry in your work:
- Academic citation: Use the provided DOI (if available)
- Informal attribution: Link back to the idea's Discussion thread
- Star this repo to show support
Questions? Suggestions?
- Open a Discussion
- Reach out to @anzize
- Email: contact@proton.me
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