KD Labs · Learn. Build. Ship.

A lab for builders who ship.

A members-only lab inside Kracked Devs. Apply with what you're building, get picked, and keep your seat by shipping: code, a launch, or a step with a customer. The goal is a project that grows into a startup.

Demo data — fictional records

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seats held: 6/25
ships this week: 64

How it works ↓

25 seats · a demo cohort

The hive

Seat 20: open
Seat 14: open
Seat 10: open
Seat 15: open
Seat 21: open
Seat 12: open
Seat 8: open
Seat 24: open
Seat 18: open
Seat 7: open
Seat 19: open
Seat 13: open
Seat 9: open
Seat 25: open
Seat 22: open
Seat 16: open
Seat 11: open
Seat 17: open
Seat 23: open

Active
Idle
Dimming
At risk
On leave
Open seat

Pick a lit hex to see its builder. The number under the initials is the streak in days.

19 seats open. Any KD member aged 18 or over with GitHub linked can apply.

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Seat 1 of 25

@kopi_compiler

Active

Last ship: 3 hours ago
Streak: 21 · longest 21

Projects

Tapau LedgerStage: Live
A sales book for hawker stalls, kept by WhatsApp voice note.
Kedai PulseStage: Idea
Weekly footfall estimates for corner shops.

Last check-in · Tue 10 Nov

Built:: Voice notes in Kelantanese now land in the right column. The stall owner picks a dialect hint once, at sign-up.
Broke:: The nightly total counted refunds twice for two stalls, so their Monday report showed more sales than they made.
Learned:: A refund needs its own row, not a negative sale. Owners read the total first and trust it, so it has to be right before anything else.

From application to a living hex

How it works

Step 1Apply
Open to any KD member aged 18 or over with GitHub linked. Say what you're building and who will pay for it.
Step 2Get picked
The panel reads your answers beside your shipping history. You hear back within 7 days.
Step 3Claim your hex
Your seat in the hive: public, with your name on it.
Step 4Connect
Add your project in My Lab and connect its repo through the KD GitHub App (private is fine). Say hello to Dr Rick on Telegram.
Step 5Ship
A push lights your hex by itself. A launch or a sales step counts too: tell Rick in the evening, or log it on the web.

Snapshot of krackeddevs.com · 10 Nov 2026 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

The rules

Keep your seat by shipping.

A seat is kept, not won once. Code, a launch or a sales step all count as a ship. The heartbeat moves your hex down the ladder by itself; the panel only steps in to strike a logged ship that wasn't one.

Day 0 to 1
Active
You shipped. Your hex is bright.
Day 2
Idle
The first nudge.
Day 3
Dimming
Your hex visibly dims.
Day 4
At risk
Final warning.
Day 5
Last call
Ship today or the seat reopens.
Day 6
Seat reopens
Not a ban. Apply again any time.

Ship anything and your hex is back to active, from any state before the seat reopens.

Away for a real reason? Ask for grace: one a quarter, and your seat waits up to four weeks. Your streak doesn't.

One quiet day is fine. A second one in a row resets your streak. Grace keeps your seat, not your streak.

Snapshot of krackeddevs.com · 10 Nov 2026 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

The ledger

What the lab shipped

Every evening Dr Rick asks each builder what they shipped. The entry goes on the public ledger once the builder confirms it. Customers are described by company or role; the panel hides any entry that names a person.

Code@kopi_compilerTapau LedgerTue 10 Nov · 18:06
Built:
Voice notes in Kelantanese now land in the right column. The stall owner picks a dialect hint once, at sign-up.
Broke:
The nightly total counted refunds twice for two stalls, so their Monday report showed more sales than they made.
Learned:
A refund needs its own row, not a negative sale. Owners read the total first and trust it, so it has to be right before anything else.
Sales@kopi_compilerTapau LedgerTue 10 Nov · 15:40
What:
Demo for the operator of a food court with 14 stalls in Bangi.
Result:
They want a trial on three stalls from next week.
Next:
Send the trial sign-up sheet by Thursday.
Code@sambal_stackTuitionQMon 9 Nov · 18:20
Built:
Fee reminders now go out on the day each parent picked, instead of the 1st of the month for everyone.
Broke:
The reminder job ran twice after a deploy, so twelve parents got the same message two times.
Learned:
Anything that sends a message checks a sent-log first. Jobs that are safe to run twice beat careful deploys.
Code@hujan_petangBengkel BookSun 8 Nov · 20:45
Built:
A printable job card with the plate number, the parts used and the next service date.
Broke:
The thermal printers at two workshops cut the card off halfway: the layout was too tall.
Learned:
Design for the cheapest printer in the room first. A 58 mm roll is the real page size.
Sales@sambal_stackTuitionQSat 7 Nov · 21:05
What:
Call with the owner of a tuition centre with three branches.
Result:
Wants fee tracking for 40 tutors and asked for a quote.
Next:
Quote by Wednesday, priced per tutor.
Code@durian_devopsSewaCheckSat 7 Nov · 18:30
Built:
A list of the twenty clauses renters ask about most, gathered from forum threads.
Broke:
Nothing broke. I read all day instead of shipping, which is its own kind of broken.
Learned:
An idea-stage week still needs a ship. Next: put the clause list in front of five renters.
Launch@tehtarik_tensorPasar Pagi MapFri 6 Nov · 19:10
What:
Posted the closed-today switch to a group of morning-market regulars, with a short screen recording.
Result:
38 stall owners turned it on the first evening.
Launch@sambal_stackTuitionQThu 5 Nov · 18:40
What:
Listed TuitionQ in a home-tutor community with a two-minute walkthrough video.
Result:
21 sign-ups; 4 tutors added their first student.

Demo data — fictional records

The point

From the lab to a startup

Shipping keeps you in; a project people use is why you're here. When yours grows, KD helps you register it as a startup and points you to the people who fund and grow startups in Malaysia.

1 / 4Idea
A problem, and a person who has it.
2 / 4MVP
Something a user can try.
3 / 4Live
Real users, real uptime.
4 / 4Startup
Registered on KD, then on to Cradle (CIP Spark, CIP Sprint) and MRANTI (MakersLab, Global Accelerator Programme).

You apply to Cradle and MRANTI yourself. KD sends them nothing about you.

What you get

Inside the lab

The heartbeat
Every connected repo tracked live, private ones included, plus the launches and sales steps you log. Proof of work anyone can check.
Dr Rick
A daily Telegram check-in: code, a launch or a sales step. Two minutes, and your day is on the ledger.
A path to a startup
When your project grows, register it on KD, then take it to Cradle and MRANTI.
DistributionTo confirm
Launch to the whole KD community: a KD Square feature and a place on the lab's wall.
Demo dayTo confirm
Show partners and investors what you shipped, once a season.

Snapshot of krackeddevs.com · 10 Nov 2026 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Building something people will pay for?

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