WhyWhyNot: Discover and explore the weird and the useful building and reviewing prototypes.
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Maintainer decision, 2026-07-29: adopts TRSL V1C1 as this repo's preliminary governing license, per target-revenue's workplans/TREV-WP-0008-governance-and-pilot-rollout.md T05. Full specialist legal review is deferred until out of beta (target-revenue SCOPE.md §1). No Phase is yet declared for this repo. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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| .claude/rules | ||
| .forgejo/workflows | ||
| agent-tasks | ||
| betas | ||
| design | ||
| inbox | ||
| offers | ||
| prototypes | ||
| registry | ||
| signals | ||
| templates | ||
| workplans | ||
| .custodian-brief.md | ||
| .repo-classification.yaml | ||
| AGENT_RULES.md | ||
| AGENTS.md | ||
| BETA_MODEL.md | ||
| BETA_SIGNAL_INTAKE.md | ||
| CLAUDE.md | ||
| DECISIONS.md | ||
| INTENT.md | ||
| LICENSE | ||
| MARKET_SIGNAL.md | ||
| OPERATING_MODEL.md | ||
| PROTOTYPE_PIPELINE.md | ||
| README.md | ||
| SCOPE.md | ||
| TASKS.md | ||
| WORKPLAN.md | ||
whynot-control
Control repository for the whynot organization.
whynot is the prototype and market-signal space for discovering the weird and the useful. It exists to capture early ideas, test usefulness, collect feedback, run closed betas, and identify signals that may later justify productization through Helix, Coulomb, Sloppers, Plenitude, or Binky.
Initial Use
- Read
INTENT.md. - Review
SCOPE.md. - Use
PROTOTYPE_PIPELINE.mdto classify ideas. - Use
BETA_SIGNAL_INTAKE.mdfor the prototype -> beta -> signal -> decision flow. - Capture loose ideas in
inbox/. - Create prototype cards only for ideas that deserve structured exploration.
- Promote only validated candidates toward Helix, Coulomb, Sloppers, Plenitude, or Binky.
Core Principle
A prototype is a question made tangible.
A prototype does not become a product merely because it is interesting.