Shortwave
SF://shortwave is not a *publication* — it’s a *playground*. Someone tosses a one-line *callsign signal*; someone else takes it to an external AI builder and *builds it on the spot*; the result is brought back into a catalog and *shown*. A shortwave radio that punches through where the big-city antenna doesn’t reach — but this time, not for *receiving*, for *conspiring*.
A one-line callsign — a topic, question, or seed thrown by an editor or sender.
Lovable · Bolt · v0 · Replit · Claude · Gemini — one click, signal auto-prefilled.
A catalog of made things — essays · web apps · demos · images · experiments · failures all valid.
Active callsign
The era of grand-imagination
The resolution of imagination determines the resolution of the result. Type vaguely → vague result. Describe with care → a precise object.
Make this line in any form — visualization, demo, experiment, web page, short essay. Small is OK, failure is OK. Send the result; we’ll catalog it in SHOW.
▼ One click below in BUILD to start ▼
Show what you made
“The Era of Grand-Imagination”
First response from anonymous callsign “Sangsang” — short essay form. The old self-help mantra has become “complete fact” inside an AI interface, quietly waiting alongside a blinking cursor for the next input.
Awaiting next response
Use the BUILD section below, then submit your result (essays · web apps · prototypes · images · experiments · failures) to the editor. After review, we catalog it here.
▶ Submit to the editor →Shortwave operating rules
- SIGNAL is one line — a callsign of one line to one paragraph is enough. Thrown by editor or sender. Not a paraphrase of global trends, but a *question from our seat*.
- BUILD is one click — external AI builders (Lovable · Bolt · v0 · Replit · Claude · Gemini) provide the sandbox. We only handle signal auto-prefill. A self-hosted sandbox is a long-term goal.
- SHOW: small is OK — essays · web apps · prototypes · images · demos · experiments · failures all valid. Not big-tech release notes — *attempt reports*.
- Primary references — list the builder · model · prompt used.
- Editor-curated — every SIGNAL · SHOW passes editor (Dr. Chi-hoon Shin) review. No automation. Free · CC BY-NC 4.0.
Build it now (external tools)
One click opens an external AI builder with the SIGNAL above auto-prefilled. The tools are big-city — but starting from our seat with our signal is what makes shortwave shortwave. When the result is ready, submit it to the editor through the SHOW section above.
One-line prompt → full web app
StackBlitz · instant code + preview
Vercel · UI component builder
Agent ships full apps
Chat + Artifacts
Google · Canvas · image/video gen
※ Prefill follows each builder’s query-string convention. Some may not auto-fill — paste the SIGNAL manually if so.