What we’re about
Open Engineering Collective is a group for people who want to apply engineering thinking to real, public problems — openly, collaboratively, and pragmatically.
This is not a policy debate forum or an activism group.
It’s a space for builders, engineers, data scientists, designers, and founders who are interested in solving social and civic problems using the same rigor we apply to software and systems.
We focus on:
• Breaking down messy real-world problems into solvable components
• Understanding incentives, constraints, and failure modes
• Designing systems that work at scale — with humans in the loop
• Prototyping ideas that can actually be tested in the real world
What kind of problems?
Things like:
• Traffic and urban mobility
• Trust, accountability, and incentives in public systems
• Infrastructure, data, and observability at city scale
• Any problem where “good intentions” aren’t enough, but better system design might help
Who is this for?
• Software engineers, data scientists, ML engineers
• Product thinkers and startup founders
• Designers and researchers who like systems thinking
• Anyone who thinks like an engineer, even if engineering isn’t their job title
You don’t need to be an expert in policy or governance.
You do need curiosity, respect for complexity, and an interest in building things that work beyond a demo.
What happens at the meetups?
• Problem deep-dives (not solution pitching)
• Discussions around incentives, trade-offs, and constraints
• Early-stage experiments and prototypes
• Open collaboration on ideas that may turn into real projects
Some initiatives may evolve into standalone projects or open platforms, but the collective itself remains open, exploratory, and volunteer-driven.
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