88% matchMaker & Engineering
Coding for Fun
Build tools, games, and little machines out of pure logic.
At homeOnlineSolo focus
Cheaper to startEasier to start
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Video Game Modding
Rewrite a game's rules, art, and worlds to your own design.
At homeOnlineSolo focus
Cheaper to start
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75% matchMaker & Engineering
Data Visualization
Turn a spreadsheet into a chart that finally makes the point.
At homeOnlineSolo focus
Cheaper to startEasier to start
70% matchMaker & Engineering
Drone Building
Solder and tune your own FPV quadcopter, then fly it first-person through the air.
At homeSolo focusCommunity
Cheaper to startMore physical
66% matchMaker & Engineering
Retrocomputing
Restore and program vintage computers, recap a dead board and boot a machine from 1984.
At homeSolo focusCommunity
Cheaper to startEasier to start
61% matchMaker & Engineering
Robotics
Build a machine and write the code that makes it move on its own.
At homeSolo focusCommunity
Cheaper to start
61% matchMaker & Engineering
Desktop CNC
Design parts in CAD and watch a desktop machine carve them from wood, plastic, or metal.
At homeSolo focusSteep learning curve
Cheaper to startMore solo
56% matchMaker & Engineering
Home Automation
Wire your home to respond to you, with lights, locks, and routines on autopilot.
At homeSolo focusBuilding software
Cheaper to startEasier to start
54% matchMaker & Engineering
Combat Robotics
Design, build, and drive a fighting robot, then send it into the arena against another.
At homeCommunitySteep learning curve
Cheaper to startMore social
53% matchMaker & Engineering
Watchmaking
Strip, service, and reassemble a mechanical watch movement, a hundred tiny parts under a loupe.
At homeSolo focusLow physical load
Cheaper to startMore solo
51% matchMaker & Engineering
3D Printing
Watch a digital design rise into a real object, layer by molten layer.
At homeSolo focusLow physical load
Cheaper to startMore solo
51% matchMaker & Engineering
Automata
Build hand-cranked machines where cams and gears bring a little carved scene to life.
At homeSolo focusLow physical load
Cheaper to startEasier to start
51% matchMaker & Engineering
Model Engineering
Machine miniature working engines and live steam locomotives on a lathe, part by part.
At homeSolo focusCommunity
Cheaper to startMore solo
51% matchMaker & Engineering
Telescope Making
Grind and polish your own telescope mirror by hand, then see the sky through glass you figured.
At homeSolo focusCommunity
Cheaper to startMore solo
48% matchArts & Expression
Worldbuilding
Invent a world's history, maps, and peoples in believable detail.
At homeSolo focusCommunity
Easier to startCheaper to start
47% matchScience & Curiosity
Cryptography
Make and break codes, the math that keeps secrets secret.
At homeOnlineSolo focus
Cheaper to start
47% matchScience & Curiosity
Conlanging (Language Creation)
Invent a language from scratch: its sounds, grammar, and script.
At homeSolo focusLow physical load
Cheaper to startMore solo
47% matchMaker & Engineering
Synth Building
Solder your own synthesizers and modules, then patch them into sounds nobody else has.
At homeSolo focusCommunity
Cheaper to startEasier to start
46% matchScience & Curiosity
Speculative Biology
Invent alien life that evolves by real biological rules.
At homeSolo focusCommunity
Cheaper to startEasier to start
46% matchMaker & Engineering
Laser Cutting & Engraving
Cut and engrave precise designs into wood, acrylic, and more.
At homeSolo focus
Cheaper to startEasier to start
43% matchMaker & Engineering
Ham Radio
Reach a stranger across the planet with nothing but radio waves.
At homeCommunityLow physical load
Cheaper to startMore social
43% matchGames & Strategy
Puzzle Making
Design and build puzzle boxes and mechanical puzzles that delight, and stump, whoever holds them.
At homeSolo focusLow physical load
Cheaper to startEasier to start
42% matchArts & Expression
Screenwriting
Write the script a film or show could actually be shot from.
At homeSolo focusLow physical load
Cheaper to startEasier to start