Idunworks Issue #01
Issue #01 · The platform layer Oct 2026

Ifanymonkey can build a web app with AI, then why don't you?

Monkey says… Ook. I shipped three tenants before lunch.
A pink punk chimp in a gold crown, squatting on a keyboard, on a torn sunburst poster
I can has platform? Monkey see, monkey ship

Idun is the platform layer under the app: a multi-tenant CMS, AI helpers that know your content, and deploys that don't wake anyone at 03:14. You bring the idea. We bring the boring bits that keep it running.

Start building → Read the dispatches
T-shirts for webd peeple Print yours in the T-lab → No time for fake pages
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On the newsstand

Three stories from the engine room. Tap a cover to read the blurb.

It came from a single codebase.
Multi-tenant & plugins

One repo powers many frontends: shared components, per-site themes and a plugin system that won’t break at 03:14 in the morning.

A new brand is an env file and a theme folder, not a fork.

Read on: Multi-tenant architecture explained →
Smart workflows. Real guardrails.
AI agents, smart workflows

AI-assisted code generation, autonomous agents and guardrails that survive contact with real users and production data.

The helpers read your content model, so they draft pages that actually fit.

Read on: Complex automation →
Your legacy stack, tamed.
Docker, deploys, zero downtime

Green/blue deployments, port isolation, volume management and the battle-tested Makefile that ties it all together.

Every site gets its own port offset, its own database and the same boring, reliable ship command.

Read on: The staging environment is your best business decision →

At this pointin my stack, I'vestopped pretending.

I'm not a hot mess.

I'm the full platform package

  • Included: Multi-tenant, one codebase
  • Included: Blue/green deploys
  • Included: AI that reads the docs
  • Included: One Makefile to rule them
  • Not included: Excuses

And not particularly sorry about it.

House rules

Monkey says: cut out & keep
  1. 01 Ship small. Ship often. Ship on a Tuesday.
  2. 02 Move fast and break things.
    Move fast and break nothing.
  3. 03 Own your data. Own your stack. Own your weekends.
  4. 04 Boring infrastructure. Wild frontends.
  5. 05 I can has deploy on Friday?
    You can has deploy any day. It is blue/green.
  6. 06 Rewrite it in a new framework.
    Fix the thing that is actually broken.

Classifieds

Amazing offers!
Amazing!

You can has private AI coworker

Smarter than your boss's boss.

Runs on your own machine, reads your own docs, never asks for a raise.

Hire it →
Need help to more slacking?

Get our mega-agent-terminator-tool!

It does the boring tickets. You do lunch.

Autonomous agents with guardrails, so they finish the job and leave production standing. You contact us with your challenge. We challenge you with our answer.

Unleash it →
Is your computer chaoz?

Clean it up, remove redundant shit and have a coffee.

A private cleaning agent for your own computer or code.

It hunts dead code, stale files and duplicates. You drink the coffee.

Start cleaning →
✂ Cut here

Send no money!

Just tell us what is broken, chaotic or slow. A human answers.

Mess level

Meanwhile, in the engine room…

Dispatches

I can has blog?

Building Muntra, an open source GO tracker

Muntra is your open source click tracker, written in GO and currently the smallest there is, I think. This isn't a "ho…

I can has read →

The Staging Environment Is Your Best Business Decision

Every broken website update that happened in front of customers could have been caught in staging. But for most small…

I can has read →

Dependency discipline

Setups like ours, with FastAPI on the backend, Svelte on the front, everything containerized in Docker, feel modern an…

I can has read →

Nginx quirks the docs don't tell you

Nginx is everywhere, but its behavior is... unique. Here are the gotchas that cost us hours so they don't cost you. Ng…

I can has read →

Spotting SEO SPAM

That urgent email about your website's SEO problems? It's probably spam. Here's how to spot the real red flags. "I was…

I can has read →

Setting up a FastAPI Server

Most FastAPI tutorials get you running in 5 minutes. Then you spend 5 hours figuring out why it breaks in production.

I can has read →
All dispatches →

Stop scrolling. Start shipping.

Tell us what you want to build. We answer every message ourselves, no bots in the inbox.

Let's talk → U can has meeting. No slides.
No monkeys were harmed