Terry Godier

Thinking about calm software, reading, and attention.

I like bogs, Casio watches, and They Live memes.

Physically in Wisconsin, but mentally here to learn in public.

Working on: Calm tools for reading
Blog: https://blog.terrygodier.com
Visual Essays: https://www.terrygodier.com
Current, a calm rss reader for Apple platforms: https://www.currentreader.app

Last Notes

2026-05-06 18:48:34 GMT

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this is the good fight!

2026-05-06 18:30:12 GMT

What I want to build are things that work the old fashioned way, on protocols that give users sovereignty and agency, but with modern thinking applied to the UI and UX.
That’s it. That’s my whole shtick. Thanks!

2026-05-05 15:00:17 GMT

📢 New Essay: The Boring Internet
The internet you grew up on isn’t dying.
A commercial veneer glued on top of it is.
https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet

2026-03-16 14:45:06 GMT

📢 New Essay:
"What if the exhaustion everybody feels isn't a moral failure but the completely rational response to being made responsible for an ecosystem of objects that never stop asking?"
https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing

2026-03-05 17:55:52 GMT

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thank you, this is really nice to read :)

2026-02-27 15:16:39 GMT

I have so much respect for indie developers who have made a thing that had a big splash and then came back and did it again.
The amount of work that takes is unbelievable. To not let all of the feedback (both good and bad) alter your ability to think clearly and put one foot in front the other and make a thing that's true to you again. There's such a strong pull mentally/emotionally to do more of what people liked, or less of what people didn't, on the next "thing"
Thinking about this a lot.

2026-02-27 02:01:37 GMT

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thank you! Much to do 🫡

2026-02-18 21:46:14 GMT

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thank you for reading!

2026-02-17 14:18:40 GMT

I've been building an RSS reader for the past year. No unread counts, no inbox to clear. Just a river that flows at its own pace.
Today it's live on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. I wrote about everything that went into it.
https://www.terrygodier.com/current
#rss