Sam Benson's profile on Product Hunt

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I’m a developer working on Synara, a modern event and invite API designed to fix the inconsistencies of ICS and keep Google and Outlook in sync reliably. I built it after running into the same problems every time I tried to send calendar invites from an app. I care about clear developer tooling, simple interfaces, and solving practical problems that show up in real products. If you’ve ever had to deal with calendar logic, I’m always interested in hearing your horror stories and how you approached it.

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The ACE Project

Synara

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nodalA macOS menu bar app that turns Git branches into timers.
Mar 2026
SynaraThe developer-first event & invite API that fixes ICS issues
Nov 2025
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Joined Product HuntSeptember 1st, 2017

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8d ago

🚀 Just launched: nodal

nodal is a macOS menu bar timer that tracks your work automatically from your Git branches.

Instead of manually assigning time to tasks, nodal links your timer to the repo and branch you re working on. When you switch branches, the timer follows your workflow and records time against that task.

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8d ago

I built a menu bar app that tracks coding time from Git branches - launching tomorrow

Hi everyone, Sam here.

Tomorrow I m launching nodal on Product Hunt.

nodal is a macOS menu bar app that automatically tracks the time you spend working based on the Git branch you re active on.

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8d ago

nodal - A macOS menu bar app that turns Git branches into timers.

nodal is a macOS menu bar app that automatically tracks the time you spend working on each Git branch. It detects the active repository and branch from your IDE and turns your work sessions into clean, transparent timelines you can bill from. Built for developers who want accurate client billing without interrupting their workflow.