ReachedHalf marathon
2:04:51. Quy Nhơn half. Bin at the finish line.
LTLinh Trầnmeinpublic.com
Let People Know the Whole You, in One Look: Build in Public on One Map
Make your progress public, as one story: who you are, what you've built, what you're building, and why. So your work gets found, all of it.
Feeds show moments. A map shows the whole.
Her users saw a launch post. Her running club saw a race photo. Her family saw a visit to Grandma. Nobody saw Linh: an app, a farm, a half marathon and a six-year-old learning to swim, all at once.
And nobody reads a thousand posts to find out who someone is.
What her users sawA launch post · Sep 2024
Live. Twelve runners on day one.
What her running club sawA photo · May 2025
10 km without stopping.
What her family sawA photo · Jul 2026
Took Bin. She taught him cards.
What her neighbours sawA message · Dec 2025
First Saturday. Sold out by nine.
What her developer friends sawA thread · Sep 2025
Lifetimes stopped being scary once I stopped fighting the borrow checker.
What her subscribers sawA video · Sep 2026
Build log, episode 9.
A story, told in episodes.
Linh is an example. Her work and her life sit on one map, and every update is an episode. Keep scrolling and watch her first year.
Three things, said out loud.
A running app she already shipped. A half marathon she wants to run. A sealed shape that says only: opens in December.
Work moves inward.
The marathon crosses into orbit. A training photo most weeks: 5 km, then 8, then 10 without stopping.
She asks the people watching.
Charge runners, or keep it free and charge clubs? Four members who have charged for things answer. She marks one as helped and posts the decision, citing that answer.
The letter notices.
Monday's letter: the marathon has been quiet for 19 weeks, and her reason was “something that isn't at a desk.” She taps Back on it.
The sealed shape opens.
A watch app, written in Rust. Live on the day she promised.
A map that looks like a person.
The marathon is finished. Spanish has gone quiet. A crypto app was let go, with the reason kept. Nothing was deleted to look better.
Nobody roots for someone who only wins.
Every node is a dated timeline: started, parked, came back, finished. The stall is what makes people believe the finish, and what makes them root for you.
Let go, reason kept · Example
Crypto tracker
“I didn't care about the users. Kept the charting code.”
Example Half marathon
- Finished
2:04:51. Quy Nhơn half. Bin at the finish line.
- Progress 70%
16 km.
- Came back
Back on it. The letter asked.
- Parked
Knee says no. Physio first, then back.
- Progress 45%
10 km without stopping.
- Progress 30%
8 km.
- Started
First 5 km. Walked twice.
- Idea
Half marathon
Your work gets found. All of it.
Every update becomes a card you can post anywhere: X, LinkedIn, Facebook, a README. Every card leads back to the whole map, so people who came for one thing find the rest.
One map, three updates
Example
One link
meinpublic.com/your-name
The answer to “what are you working on?” Every project, its state and its story.
Found by search Example
meinpublic.comLinh Trần: Dawnrun, Clubs plan, Spanish and more · meinpublicRuns Dawnrun, a running app for Vietnam's heat. Building a Clubs plan, 40%. Finished the Quy Nhơn half marathon in 2:04:51.
Quoted by AI Example
What is Linh Trần working on?
Linh runs Dawnrun, a running app, live since September 2024, and is building its Clubs plan, now at 40%. She also films a build log for her YouTube channel.
Source: Linh's map on meinpublic
And you never build alone.
The people watching see the journey. When something goes quiet, your map notices. When you face a decision, members who have done it answer.
Every Monday, your map writes back
What moved, what went quiet, and one question. Written only from your own nodes, dates and words.
Your week · 6 to 12 October Example
Linh, week 92 in public.
Moved
Clubs plan went from 25% to 40%, and you asked the room how to price it. Build log reached episode 9 of 12.
Quiet
Spanish has been quiet for 20 weeks. In January you wrote: “Half the surf forums are in it.”
One question
Is Spanish still on, or is it time to park it?
Your map, read back to you.
Answer well, and you get to ask
Everyone here paid to be here. The only way to earn another ask is an answer someone marked as helped.
on Clubs plan Example
Charge per club, or per runner?
Twelve clubs on a waitlist. Organizers are the ones replying to me, not runners.
Seen by the 7 members who watch this node
- A member who sells software to small shops
Per club. Small clubs won't count runners, and the one person who pays is the organizer, not the runners.
- A member who builds apps in Sài Gòn
Per runner scales better once you have big clubs. Can you do per club with a runner cap?
- A member who runs a farm and a build log
Charge per club but publish the cap. Clubs hate surprises more than prices.
1 answer from a reader, listed after the members'.
Your AI can read your map.
Connect meinpublic to Claude, or any assistant that speaks MCP.
Example
You
What did I write about Bin and water when I started?
Claude
In June you wrote: “He's six and we live by a river.” Your last update says he floats on his back and grins.
It can post updates, always marked as its own. It never ships, parks or lets go of anything, and it never answers an ask for you.
What we left out.
Likes.Applause makes people post polished things instead of true ones.Follower counts.You can watch a person or a single node. Only they see the number.A ranked feed.Your inbox is what you chose to watch, newest first. Then it ends.Free maps.Paying is how you say you mean it. Reading stays free.Points and badges.The map moving is the reward. Once a year, you get a card.
One plan. The only question is whether you're early.
Founding builder
Free for a year
then $5 a month. No card now.
- Your map, with unlimited nodes
- The Monday letter
- Asks, share cards and private views
- A founding mark, for good
300 founding places
Builder
$5 a month
or $50 a year. 30 days free, card required.
Once the founding places are gone.
Reader
Free
No map of your own.
- Watch people and nodes
- Reply
- Answer asks
Stop paying and your map stays public and readable. You just can't write to it until you're back.
Start your map.
Name three things: something you've made, something you're making, and something you want to become. Each one with a line on why.
Learn to build in public
Essays and guides about telling your story while it happens, including the parts that stall.
The Best Platforms to Build in Public, and What Each One Is Good For
The best platforms to build in public compared: X, LinkedIn, a blog, Indie Hackers, a newsletter and meinpublic. What each costs, what it keeps, and when to choose it.
meinpublic Build Log: The First Week, From Brief to Live Site
The first meinpublic build log entry: the brief on Oct 13, the design on Oct 14, a live site on Oct 15, the app plan, the headline that changed, and what was parked, as of Oct 18.
How to Build in Public: Tell Your Story While It Is Happening, Stalls Included
How to build in public, step by step: what to share, how often to post, how to keep one story across updates, and what to do when a project stalls or you let it go.
Questions
What is meinpublic?
meinpublic makes your progress public, as one story. Each person keeps one map of who they are, what they've built, what they're building and why. Every project is a node with a dated timeline, and its distance from the center shows its state.
I already post on X and LinkedIn. Why this?
A post shows one moment and is gone in a week. A map shows everything you are doing, work and life, with its state and its story, at one link. Keep posting where your audience is: every update becomes a card that leads back to the whole map.
Can I put personal goals on it?
Yes, and most people do. A half marathon, a language, time with family: they sit next to your work because they are part of who you are. Any node can be members only, or sealed until a date, if you would rather not show it.
Who is it for?
People with a builder's mindset, whatever the size of their audience: anyone making apps, channels, farms, shops, or themselves. Your audience is whoever you want to understand you: friends, clients, users, family.
How much does it cost?
Reading is free. Keeping a map costs $5 a month or $50 a year. The first 300 founding members get their first year free, with no card.
What happens if I stop paying?
Your map stays public and readable. You just can't add to it until you come back. Nothing is deleted.
Is there anything to perform for?
No. There are no likes, no follower counts and no ranked feed. Parked and let go show as plainly as finished, because nobody roots for someone who only wins.
Next December, you get one card.
What you finished, what you parked, what you let go. Start with what's true today.
Start your mapLinh TrầnExample 2025
- Finished
- Compost system, Quit sugar
- Went live
- Watch app, YouTube, Egg stand, Grandma
- Parked
- Journal
- Let go
- Crypto tracker