... Benji. I'm building 100 apps in 100 days to save humanity from expensive software subscription fees. Mostly Windows and Mac desktop software, some hosted, and I'm doing the whole thing without a subscription trap. Let me get the obvious out of the way first, because I know what "100 apps in 100 days" sounds like in 2026. It sounds like someone pointing an AI at a store listing and firing. I've seen those launches. Twelve reskinned calculators ... ... charge and think "for this?" That's my roadmap. Tell me and I'll add it to the pipeline. 100 apps. 100 days. One payment. Let's take software back. Comment from Justin Jones(@justin_jones13): Hey Benji

... huge fan of @Honk . Around the same time, I was working on realtime interactions and presence for @Tandem , and we explored some similar interactions. In particular, I loved @bernatfortet 's " High-five ". Benji Taylor and Honk took it further, with many delightful interactions like Emoji battles, presence/attention signals, rock-paper-scissors, and more. Check out his piece here: https://benji.org/honkish Let me know your favorite interaction below! Comment from Rajiv Ayyangar(@rajiv_ayyangar): @captnphilip  absolutely! Comment from Philip ... ... want to keep coming back. I always wondered what happened to it, so this write-up really brought things full circle. Thanks for sharing this, @rajiv_ayyangar super inspiring to see how far these ideas went and where Benji

... early days of the pandemic. I thought @Airchat had a fascinating interface (twitter...but audio?). I also thought the authenticity and light attention requirements of @BeReal. was compelling. But maybe my favorite more niche product is @Honk by Benji Taylor. Honk was real-time messaging, one-on-one, without a log. You could see people typing in realtime. You could spam emojis, and your swarm of emojis would battle comically with your friend's swarm. It was silly, and beautifully ...