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Notes from the floor

Essays on remote culture, spatial software, and the engineering underneath — written by the people building it.

Engineering4 February 2026 · 2 min read

Seat-based channels: presence without the meeting link

Remote Desk has no 'join call' button. The seat you sit in is the channel you're in. This post explains the model, why we deleted the alternative, and what it makes possible.

Dario Reyes — Co-founder & CTO

Engineering2 min

Self-hosting your office: one VPS, zero SaaS

Your team's conversations are the most sensitive data you produce. Here's the architecture that lets you run an entire Remote Desk floor — media server and all — on a single machine you control.

13 January 2026