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// 04 · pro bono

Free engineering for good causes.

We set aside part of our capacity for non-profits working with children in underserved areas — helping get them into school, supporting existing programs, and running light intro-to-tech courses. Same senior engineers, same standards, no invoice.

~/operack — community
$ operack community --mission
focus ........ children in underserved areas
we help ...... school access · program support · intro-to-tech
we give ...... engineering time, tools & hosting
we ask ....... a clear mission and someone to work with
$ applications open — reach out any time
why

Why we do this

A small studio can still make a real dent.

Good causes rarely have the budget — or the in-house engineers — for the infrastructure and tools they need. We have both, and a bit of spare capacity. Pointing it at getting kids into school and into technology is the highest-leverage thing we can donate.

what-we-can-do.txt
✓ websites & tools that actually get maintained
✓ hosting, deployment & keeping the lights on
✓ data & reporting so you can show impact
✓ intro-to-tech sessions for the kids themselves
— within a capacity we can honour reliably
focus

What we support

Three ways we put the time to work.

// school

School access

Helping programs that get children into school and keep them there — the tooling, sites and systems behind the mission.

// programs

Program support

Whatever an existing non-profit program needs to run: infrastructure, internal tools, data and the boring reliable plumbing.

// teach

Intro-to-tech courses

Light, hands-on sessions that show kids what building with technology looks like — and that it's for them too.

how

How to work with us

Deliberately simple — you've got enough to do.

step 01

Reach out

Email us with your mission and what you're stuck on. A sentence or two is plenty to start.

step 02

Quick call

We talk it through, check we're a genuine fit, and agree what "done" looks like and by when.

step 03

We build

Same senior engineers, same practices as paid work — monitoring, handover docs and all.

step 04

We stay reachable

You get a clean handover and a line back to us if something breaks. We don't ghost good causes.

// eligibility

Who this is for

Registered non-profits, NGOs, schools and community programs working with children in underserved areas. We keep the bar simple: a clear mission we believe in, a real person to work with, and a scope we can deliver well without over-promising. Not sure if you qualify? Ask — the worst case is a friendly no and a referral.

Tell us your cause →

If that's your mission, reach out.

Tell us who you help and what's in your way. We'll be honest about what we can take on — and when.