Under the Hood
A small group of Builders shipping Their Own Thing in public. Here is everything behind the Case Studies.
Wander Labs is The Wandering Pro’s Build-in-Public Initiative: serious people, most of them in Pakistan, building one real Thing of Their Own, a Product or a Services Business, mentored one-on-one until it ships. This is the work under the hood, the Projects, the hours, and the Calls that turn an idea into something live.
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Real Ships, Not Prototypes
Build in public only means something if something actually ships. Here is what has.
Discord CRM that converts free community members into paying subscribers with AI-powered conversations.
Identity-based habit tracker that focuses on who you’re becoming, not just what you’re checking off.
Open-source form backend with BYOK integrations. Bring your own API keys, own your data, never hit a paywall.
A boss bot platform automating HackTheBox Islamabad meetup ops for the BSides Pakistan community: onboarding, roles, and lab access.
Inside Each Build
Every project in the Labs right now, and where each one stands.
A Discord-native CRM that runs AI sales conversations to turn free community members into paying subscribers.
An identity-based habit tracker: you build habits around who you are becoming, not just streaks.
An open-source form backend with bring-your-own-key integrations. Own your data, never hit a paywall.
A boss bot platform automating HackTheBox Islamabad meetup ops for the BSides Pakistan community.
Not a product, a writing arc: from zero published work to a real body of articles with a point of view.
A directory that helps Pakistani students find and compare university programs, fees, and details.
The founder’s own Lab: a capture-first task app built on the CORE productivity framework.
A real-time chat app, built as a full-stack learning project to break out of tutorial hell.
Two Ways to Start
You don’t need a product idea to build something real. Pick the track that fits where you’re starting from. Both land in the same place: a venture you own, built in the open.
The Business Track
You already do the work, whether that is writing, design, development, or marketing. This track turns it into something you own: a real offer with a name, a site, and clients who pay you directly instead of a platform taking its cut.
A Services Build would be among the first to ship here.
The Startup Track
You have a product in your head: an app, a SaaS, a tool. This track scopes it down to a v1 you can actually finish, then builds it in the open until real people use it. Most of what has shipped in the Labs so far started right here.
SalesGenie, Systivia, OSForms and Umro Ayyar all took this track.
Build in Public, Explained
What Wander Labs is, who it is for, and how to get in.
Become Part of Wander Labs
It all runs inside the Discord. Join, show up, and pitch something real, one project, built in the open until it ships.