Dev House(HSV)

About

A room for builders in Huntsville.

DevHouse is a builder room in Huntsville.

Not to network. Not to pitch.

Just to show what you’re working on, see what others are doing, and leave with something better.

a room for builders.

What happens here

People bring what they’re working on.

A repo. A prototype. A half-finished idea.

They show it, talk through what’s working (and what isn’t), and get real feedback.

show the thing—then sharpen it

Why Huntsville

Huntsville already holds serious builders—across aerospace, software, startups, and garages.

What’s less common is a small room where that talent meets through work in progress—not slides, not performative networking.

DevHouse is where that work meets.

builders already here—needed a table

Homebrew inspiration

The kind of room we mean

In the 1970s, people met in a garage in California to show the computers they were building.

That group became the Homebrew Computer Club. It’s where people like Steve Wozniak showed early versions of what became Apple.

They weren’t pitching. They were sharing what they built.

That’s the part we’re interested in.

Inspiration—not identity. DevHouse isn’t “modern Homebrew.” It’s a builder room in Huntsville. Homebrew is just proof this kind of room matters.

These photos aren’t the point.

They’re the reminder:

people in a room, showing what they built,
can change what happens next.

old signal, new room

Apple I circuit board on display at the Computer History Museum

People showed what they were building.

Homebrew Computer Club newsletter layout with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs beside an early Apple I prototype board
Apple I computer on display at the Smithsonian
Garage of Steve Jobs' parents on Crist Drive in Los Altos, California
Homebrew Computer Club · 1970sNewsletter page is a file we host on this site; the rest are from Wikimedia Commons.

Values

ground rules, written down

  • Build in public

    Progress beats posture. Share the messy middle—that’s where the best help is.

  • Generosity as default

    Introduce people, share resources, and assume good intent until proven otherwise.

  • Practical feedback

    Specific, actionable, and kind. Critique the work—not the person.

  • No gatekeeping

    Beginners and experts share the same table. Curiosity matters more than credentials.

  • Ship over status

    We celebrate outputs and momentum—not titles, followers, or insider talk.

That’s the whole idea.

If you’re building something,
you belong here.

See the plan

meeting-ready v1

Start small.

Run the first room.

Then do it again.

View the meeting-ready plan