Hey PH!
Quakpit launches tomorrow and I wanted to share the story behind it.
A few days ago I challenged myself to build my first macOS app. I wanted to see if I could actually ship something, not just design it.
The idea: instead of a boring notification popup, a tiny plane flown by a duck crosses your entire screen with a banner saying "Your meeting is in 5 minutes." Impossible to miss. Impossible to hate.
I posted one tweet about it with zero expectations. It went viral overnight.
The category of "reminders that don't feel like nagging" is underrated — the second a notification starts feeling like work, people swipe it away and the whole system loses its job. A duck towing a banner is doing real product work there. I build StoryRoute on the travel side and we've found the same lesson: the delight isn't decoration, it's the only reason the user gives the tool another chance after the first miss. Congrats on shipping.
I love the idea of using animated planes for what would otherwise be a boring problem. Have you ever thought about letting the airplanes evolve for weeks so the brain doesn't ignore them?
QA.tech
This is fantastic! I love joining meetings now
@tobiastornros Amazing!
Product Hunt
This is so unnecessary and fun :)
@rrhoover That's what we like hehe
minimalist phone: reduce your screentime
Your logo made a difference, so I clicked! :)
@busmark_w_nika Good to know haha
@busmark_w_nika Hope you will like QuakPit! Any feedback is appreciated!
Doinfine
Okay this is legit awesome. Going to try to download and install now!
Will provide feedback if I have any :).