A profession is described by someone who's lived it

What you get

What a craftsman gains when their experience becomes a profession's roadmap.

1. 01

   A name that stays

   Authorship lives in every article's edit history and, if you want, in the profession's header. Credit is locked in by the CC BY-SA license: it can't be erased, and it lives on even if you leave. It's recognition, not a scoreboard chase — no rankings, no competitions.

2. 02

   You set the standard for the profession, and give it transparency.

   You decide the order standards come in, which sources are best, and what actually matters versus what doesn't. You're not tweaking someone else's text bit by bit — you're structuring the profession (or your section of it) the way it should actually be taught to your peers.

3. 03

   You train the next generation — with their hands

   You add practical tasks as close to the real job as possible, so newcomers build real skill at the bench, not just in theory. Your instinct reaches people who have nowhere else to get it.

4. 04

   We handle all the routine

   Servers, domain, editor, drafts, the review system — that's on us. What we need from you is expertise, not IT skills: no git, no page layout, no extra software.

5. 05

   A real role and real rights

   Expert status and edit access to your profession — or the section you lead. A complex profession is carried by several craftsmen, each their own part: you're on a team, not out there alone. The more you contribute, the more you can do.

6. 06

   A real tool, not a text file

   A professional editor and a source builder: every point gets the right link type (standard, book, video, tool) and a note on exactly what to look at. Every edit is saved forever, like git: full history is visible, you can roll it back, you can't lose it. No tool like this exists anywhere else in the world for the skilled trades today.

Who this is for

One condition: a deep trade where knowledge, skill, and practice are what matter. You don't have to carry a whole profession alone — you can take a single section.

• You've worked in the trade yourself — with your hands, tripped over every mistake there is, not just read about it.
• You're willing to honestly cite standards, best practice, and quality sources — not make things up.
• You want your experience to outlive you and help the people who come next, and the trade to keep improving.

How to start

Three steps — I'll walk you through the rest personally.

1. 1

   Send an application

   Short version: which profession, your experience, and why it matters to you. A couple of minutes.

2. 2

   We'll agree on the format

   I'll reply personally, grant you Expert status, and help with your first section.

3. 3

   You lead the profession

   Under your own name, in a convenient editor, with a full edit history.

Why now, specifically

The world is entering a competency crisis: old-school craftsmen are fewer every year, and there's often no one and nowhere to train the next generation, or the quality falls short. And at the same time, for the first time, the experience of the world's best specialists — Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the US — is available to anyone willing to seek it out. Our job is to gather it in one place, laid out clearly and in Russian: to keep your own skills sharp, and to raise the bar for the people coming up behind you.

Brick by brick, that's how our industry — and the infrastructure around it — gets a little more competent. It's a contribution that outlives us. Our cities get better built, our plants more efficient, and our people more skilled by world standards — and maybe, just maybe, a little happier too.