We are FDS (Field of Dreams Studio), and we are looking for people who want to take part in long-term project creation, technology, documentation, and community collaboration with us.
You do not need to know Rust, Git, LaTeX, Linux, or project management before joining. You also do not need to know immediately what role fits you best. We can learn, discuss, and grow through these skills together.
FDS is currently working on multi-protocol network frameworks, language design related to web frameworks, internal website maintenance, and related projects. If you are not sure what you want to do yet, the work roughly falls into the following areas.
Programming work
You can participate in the design and maintenance of network frameworks. If you are interested in compiler-related topics, you may help design URL syntax and similar language features. We also maintain our own JSON library and type-safe heterogeneous hash map library, both of which still need further development and maintenance.
If backend work is not your preference, you can also join the front-end and back-end refactoring and maintenance of websites such as PMINE.ORG and fds.rs.
Documentation work
Documentation is essential if a project is to be usable by others.
Several FDS projects already run, but tutorials, examples, comments, onboarding notes, and beginner-facing explanations still need help. You can contribute to beginner guides, function examples, glossary maintenance, project FAQs, documentation proofreading, multilingual support in English/Japanese/Chinese, and feedback from a newcomer’s perspective.
This work does not require you to write complex code at the beginning. Often, one of the most valuable contributions is: “I could not understand this as a newcomer, so I rewrote it in a way other newcomers can understand.”
Video editing and outreach
FDS also needs help explaining what we have built. You can help with project introduction videos, posts for Bilibili/forums/community platforms, screenshots and material organization, project progress summaries, recruitment materials, and event recording or editing.
If you do not want to start by writing code but are willing to help more people discover FDS, this is also an important contribution.
Hanging out together
From time to time, we run a Minecraft server or play other games together. Around twice a year, we may also meet offline.
FDS is a non-profit production team founded on February 2, 2017 and rebuilt on March 30, 2022. It also has an affiliated technical research group.
Today, we maintain creative worldbuilding projects, Rust/Web tools, documentation systems, research projects, and community collaboration.
We care more about long-term contribution, learning ability, stable communication, and respect for members’ boundaries than about being highly skilled from the start.
You do not need to already know Rust. You do not need to already know GitHub. You do not need strong English skills. You do not need to write code immediately. These can all be learned together while creating projects.
We will not reject you just because you “do not know something yet.” We care more about whether you are willing to learn over time, start from small tasks, and treat both your own contributions and other people’s contributions seriously.
We hope you are willing to:
FDS does not ask you to give all your time to us. But if you take on a task, we hope you can communicate progress, explain difficulties, and hand work over clearly when needed.
Hotaru
Project introduction: https://fds.rs/hotaru/news/hotaru_future_works_2026/
Hotaru is the Rust web framework maintained by FDS.
Its goal is to make Rust web services easier to write while supporting multiple protocols such as HTTP, WebSocket, and MQTT. It is suitable for people interested in Rust, the web, backend systems, network services, documentation, and open-source collaboration.
You can start with small tasks such as fixing examples that do not run, adding tutorials, correcting documentation, organizing API usage, recording confusing points for beginners, or trying a very small pull request.
Akari
Project introduction: https://fds.rs/akari/news/akari_proposal_2026/
Akari is a code generation and template language project hosted in Rust.
Roughly speaking, it lets you put small programs inside ordinary text so that HTML, SQL, Rust, or other target-language code can be generated automatically.
It involves template engines, code generation, lambda calculus, and programming-language design. If you are interested in mathematics, logic, programming languages, compilers, or formal systems, Akari is a good direction to explore deeply.
It is fine if lambda calculus does not make sense yet. You can begin with examples, tutorials, documentation, and beginner-friendly explanations.
PMINE.ORG
PMINE.ORG is a toolbox created by FDS. Its goal is to provide better automation for Minecraft creators.
It aims to reduce repetitive work such as writing manifests, organizing configuration, and generating resource-pack structures, making development and creation easier.
You can help with website maintenance, backend refactoring with Hotaru/Rust, tutorials, tool explanations, example organization, and documentation for ordinary creators.
Doc Server
Doc Server is the system FDS uses to store, display, and maintain documents.
Many FDS projects depend on documentation: newcomer onboarding, project descriptions, rule explanations, tutorials, meeting notes, and workflow descriptions all need long-term maintenance.
Hair Cutting Robot
Project introduction: https://fds.rs/hotaru/news/hcr_proposal_2026/
Hair Cutting Robot is a research direction related to remote haircutting, human-robot collaboration, accessibility work, and safety control.
It explores how professionals might provide haircutting services through remote systems while preserving human judgment, communication, and responsibility. This direction also cares about possibilities for disabled people to participate in remote work, as well as safety, consent, accessibility procedures, and professional practice.
This project is suitable for people interested in robotics, human-computer interaction, accessibility, social innovation, safety engineering, or research collaboration.
It is not a completed commercial service, but an exploratory research direction.
This is a Hotaru-based hair-cutting robot project in cooperation with Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Indian Institute of Technology, and Liaoning Technical University. This project is not directly controlled by FDS or its affiliated organizations.
You can contact us in any of the following ways: