Experimental Builders’ Collective
Where
amateurs evolve
into engineers.
Proto-Node Labs is a small, invite-first community for people tinkering with hardware, AI, automation, and strange ideas — guided by curiosity, not credentials.
This is not a content farm or a spectator server. This is a workshop. Expect to build.
What is Proto-Node Labs?
Proto-Node Labs (⚡P-NL) is a digital workshop for people who want to build things — even if they’re still learning the tools. We mix self-taught makers, tinkerers, engineers, and AI-smiths into one shared space.
Not a course. A lab.
No lectures. No grades. Just experiments, build logs, and feedback from people who are also in the trenches.
Discord as the workshop floor.
Structured channels, role paths, and progression — from Apprentice through specialized streams like Maker, Engineer, Programmer, or AI-Smith.
Tools as exoskeleton.
We lean on AI, automations, and shared templates to move fast. The point is not to suffer; the point is to ship.
Labs & Tracks
Proto-Node Labs is still in its early phases. Tracks will expand, merge, or evolve as the community does — but the core pillars start here:
Maker Path
Hardware, soldering, 3D printing, microcontrollers, Pi builds, physical prototypes, and workshop tooling.
Engineer Path
Systems design, architecture, reliability, robotics, and complex multi-part builds that demand planning and iteration.
Programmer & AI-Smith Path
Automation, bots, APIs, integrations, AI tooling, and glue code connecting the physical and digital worlds.
Join early. Help define the blueprint.
Proto-Node Labs is in its foundation phase. Early members help shape the culture, the systems, and the projects that will live here long-term.
- Get access to structured role paths & progression.
- Contribute to real builds, not just theory.
- Grow with a small, focused community of builders.