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.
A Building in Public Blog About Making Things and Keeping Them Going
A building in public blog from meinpublic: essays, practical guides and our own build log, about sharing what you make and keeping it going after you tell people.
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.
LinkedIn vs Personal Website: Where to Show What You Are Building Now
LinkedIn vs personal website, for builders: LinkedIn shows your job titles and past roles. A meinpublic map shows what you are building now, work and life, in one look.
Parked Is Not Failed: How to Keep Going on a Public Goal That Stalls
How to keep going on a public goal when a project stalls: park it with a one-line reason, let it go when it is over, and keep the honest record instead of deleting it.
Questions
What does the meinpublic blog cover?
It covers building things in public: showing a project while it is still in progress, and keeping it going once people know about it. Posts come in four kinds. Essays argue one idea, guides walk through a method in order, the build log reports on how meinpublic itself is being made, and comparisons set the ways to do one thing side by side, with when each one fits better.
How are the posts on this page ordered?
Newest first, by the date each post was published, with the latest one shown large at the top. Nothing is ranked by views or popularity. Each card names its category and author, the date it was published, and a reading time counted at 230 words per minute.
How can I follow new posts without checking back?
Add the RSS feed linked at the top of this page to any feed reader. Each new post appears there with its title, a short summary, its category and its author. The feed lists every post in this language, newest first, and works in any reader that supports RSS 2.0. Reading the blog needs no account and no sign-up.
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