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

2026-08-09 09:21:12 UTC

Mea Culpa - Dark Hours
https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/09/mea-culpa-dark-hours.html

2026-08-01 23:08:00 UTC

Been working on this little hobby project for several weekends. It's ready to show my friends.
Most sky apps tell you what's up. Dark Hours tells you the truth: whether tonight is worth it, when, and which way to look, and "honestly, no, stay in" when that's the answer.
Real astronomy, live weather, error bars printed where the numbers are. Free, no account, anywhere on Earth.
https://darkhours.io
#astronomy #stargazing

2026-06-29 18:32:20 UTC

In 2009, a designer at Google quit because the company was testing forty-one shades of blue. The machine was making decisions he used to make. And the uncomfortable part is that it was often right.
This is a short film about A/B testing, algorithmic optimization, and the small act of ignoring both. About what it means to make something by hand in a world that can tell you, with a number, exactly what would have worked better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FrnyEggE4k

2026-05-06 18:48:34 UTC

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this is the good fight!

2026-05-06 18:30:12 UTC

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 UTC

📢 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 UTC

📢 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 UTC

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thank you, this is really nice to read :)

2026-02-27 15:16:39 UTC

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 UTC

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thank you! Much to do 🫡

2026-02-18 21:46:14 UTC

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thank you for reading!

2026-02-17 14:18:40 UTC

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