Do it when you are ready
For some that is hour one. For some it is week three, after quietly watching a few calls. Both are on time.
The home base
How thecommunity
The community lives in the Discord: daily calls, channels per project, and people you can just ask. This page is the map — where to say hi, what the server is like, who to ask about anything, and the one rule everything runs on.
Join the Discord
When you are in: say hi in #introductions.
The front door
One hello, a human answers
The most important step is not a form or a download. Post one hello in #introductions — a human will answer. That is how this community works: guides and agents come second; people come first.
Answering is the next step
The person who answers your first hello was a newcomer once. Answering the next hello is one of the first contributions available to you — and the one that grows this place fastest.
Ask about what pulls you
A project you are carrying, plain curiosity, the philosophy, or the people — name yours in your introduction. A named why is an anchor.
What is in it
Where things actually happen
Daily & weekly
The calls
Ten recurring calls every week — learning, building, showcasing, matchmaking — on Discord voice, Discord Stage, and Zoom. Stage events have listen-only mode built in.
Every project
Channels per project
ResonantOS development, the AI stack, governance, content, hardware — each area has a channel and the people who tend it. Find your island below.
Weekly
Showcase & co-op
Friday: present what you are building, whatever stage it is in. Sunday: 90-second pitches and breakout rooms — the fastest way to find collaborators.
Who does what
Islands, not an org chart
There is no hierarchy here — the community’s one rule is sovereignty. These are the areas of the community and the people who tend them. It answers one question: who do I ask about X? Discord roles (Custodian, R-Moderator, Community Leader, Pioneer-Tech) describe involvement, not rank. Ownership works the same way: no shareholders, no founder’s seat. The people who tend the islands and build in the channels are the people this community belongs to.
| Island | Who tends it | Ask about | How to reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy & the Manifesto | Manolo Remiddi (Custodian) | Augmentatism, the manifesto, world building, the DAO vision, Cosmodestiny (his personal philosophy, distinct from the shared manifesto) | the Discord, or book a call directly |
| Discord & Moderation | Ximo (ximonomix) | Discord questions, channel structure, server issues, reporting problems | Discord DM, or the moderation channel |
| ResonantOS Development | Dr. Tom, vrondelli (leading the dev team) | ResonantOS architecture, contributing code, bugfix PRs, the repo | the dev channels on Discord · github.com/ResonantOS |
| Co-op Engine | Future4200 | The Co-op Engine, the Sunday co-op call (90-second pitch + breakout rooms) | the Discord — see the Sunday event |
| AI Stack & Hardware | Function listed, person unnamed by their preference | Local AI setups, hardware for running models, the community AI stack | the AI-stack channel — an experienced moderator tends this island |
| Friday Project Presentations | Mel DeWeese | Presenting your project at the Friday slot — one of the main entry points for showing what you are building | the Discord |
| Onboarding | Frinzfrinz (advisory, “amigo” role) | Getting started, which meeting to join first, the Welcome Guide, this map | DM Frinzfrinz on the Discord |
Open islands — this could be you: Governance & DAO, and the token economy, have no keeper yet. Raise them in the governance channel, or bring them to the Monday ResonantDAO Exploration & Community Sync. You do not need permission; you just need to start.
For the quiet ones
You can attend without performing
Every Discord Stage event — Resonant Academy, AI Stack, Friday Automation — has listener/speaker separation built in. You can attend purely as audience, and nobody can put you on the spot.
Camera optional
Camera off, mic off, just listening is a full way to attend anything here. Speak whenever you are ready — including never.
Watching counts
Watching calls is contribution. Using someone’s tool and telling them what broke is contribution. The audience is the market, not a holding pen.
Not everyone is made for the stage
The band is only one of the roles. So is the sound tech, the light design, the manager. Test someone’s tool. Fix a wrong meeting time. Answer a question in a channel.
The one rule
Anti-Capture
You are sovereign. Nobody prescribes what you build — and you never capture anyone else’s sovereignty. That is the Law of Anti-Capture, and it is the ethical floor for everything here, including the AI tools the community ships. And what you co-build, you co-own: the community is held by its contributors, not by anyone who bought in.
The link block
Everything, linked
| What | Where |
|---|---|
| The Manifesto (start here) | augmentatism.com |
| ResonantOS | resonantos.com · about · whitepaper · symbiotic licence |
| ResonantDAO | resonantdao.com (this site) |
| Code | github.com/ResonantOS |
| Manolo’s blog / newsletter | augmentedmind.substack.com · Why We’re Building This DAO |
| Manolo’s personal philosophy | cosmodestiny.com |
| Book a call with Manolo | manoloremiddi.com/booking |
| YouTube (the open workshop) | youtube.com/@manolo.remiddi |
| Discord (home base) | discord.gg/MRESQnf4R4 |
| Onboarding docs | Start Here |
Ready for the first step? The Discord is the front door: say hi in #introductions, read the Welcome Guide, show up once.
Start here