Rhys
@rhyskentish.bsky.social
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Currently building touchgrass (touchgrass.now) an app blocker where you literally have touch grass to unblock them
Other builds:
- https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/beatstride-running-playlists/id6478407630
- https://topblueskyfollowers.com
Currently building touchgrass (touchgrass.now) an app blocker where you literally have touch grass to unblock them
Other builds:
- https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/beatstride-running-playlists/id6478407630
- https://topblueskyfollowers.com
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Rhys
@rhyskentish.bsky.social
· Nov 4
A lot of new faces following me today! Thank you! ❤️
A little bit about what one working on: I just released my 1st app BeatStride last month (playlists for runners) 🏃♂️
Currently building Touch Grass - an app blocker where you need to touch grass to unblock them, vid below
#buildinpublic #ios
A little bit about what one working on: I just released my 1st app BeatStride last month (playlists for runners) 🏃♂️
Currently building Touch Grass - an app blocker where you need to touch grass to unblock them, vid below
#buildinpublic #ios
This video is for @hankgreen.bsky.social and Hank Green only
June 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This video is for @hankgreen.bsky.social and Hank Green only
happy world rewilding day!! 🌱🌎
i've committed 50% of the profits from skip purchases in touch grass (my app that stops you doomscrolling by literally touching grass) to rewilding efforts in the uk.
🧵on why and how much has already been raised
1/x
i've committed 50% of the profits from skip purchases in touch grass (my app that stops you doomscrolling by literally touching grass) to rewilding efforts in the uk.
🧵on why and how much has already been raised
1/x
March 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
happy world rewilding day!! 🌱🌎
i've committed 50% of the profits from skip purchases in touch grass (my app that stops you doomscrolling by literally touching grass) to rewilding efforts in the uk.
🧵on why and how much has already been raised
1/x
i've committed 50% of the profits from skip purchases in touch grass (my app that stops you doomscrolling by literally touching grass) to rewilding efforts in the uk.
🧵on why and how much has already been raised
1/x
3 days until touch grass goes live
not gunna lie i am nervous (!) but so so excited.
lots of exciting things have happen this past couple weeks, safe to say nothing short of life changing.
thank you
not gunna lie i am nervous (!) but so so excited.
lots of exciting things have happen this past couple weeks, safe to say nothing short of life changing.
thank you
March 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
3 days until touch grass goes live
not gunna lie i am nervous (!) but so so excited.
lots of exciting things have happen this past couple weeks, safe to say nothing short of life changing.
thank you
not gunna lie i am nervous (!) but so so excited.
lots of exciting things have happen this past couple weeks, safe to say nothing short of life changing.
thank you
7 days until touch grass goes liveeeeee
this is funny: the touchgrass app requires you to take a photo of yourself touching actual grass before it will unlock your apps
touchgrass.now
touchgrass.now
touch grass
touchgrass.now
March 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
7 days until touch grass goes liveeeeee
i wrote more thoughts about going viral last week open.substack.com/pub/rhyskent...
March 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
i wrote more thoughts about going viral last week open.substack.com/pub/rhyskent...
touch grass got featured on heart radio (national radio here in the uk) 😭😭
March 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
touch grass got featured on heart radio (national radio here in the uk) 😭😭
what a year the past year has been.
i released my first solo app, i made an app to propose to my then girlfriend (now fiancée!!!) and now i'm releasing my second app touch grass which is already the most popular app i've worked on
here's to another year building silly apps
i released my first solo app, i made an app to propose to my then girlfriend (now fiancée!!!) and now i'm releasing my second app touch grass which is already the most popular app i've worked on
here's to another year building silly apps
March 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
what a year the past year has been.
i released my first solo app, i made an app to propose to my then girlfriend (now fiancée!!!) and now i'm releasing my second app touch grass which is already the most popular app i've worked on
here's to another year building silly apps
i released my first solo app, i made an app to propose to my then girlfriend (now fiancée!!!) and now i'm releasing my second app touch grass which is already the most popular app i've worked on
here's to another year building silly apps
i made a website that calculates your screentime... in years
February 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
i made a website that calculates your screentime... in years
It’s been a crazy few days
February 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It’s been a crazy few days
Also migrated away from netlify to cloudflare pages for 0 cost!
Learning as you go is intense but so rewarding
Learning as you go is intense but so rewarding
February 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Also migrated away from netlify to cloudflare pages for 0 cost!
Learning as you go is intense but so rewarding
Learning as you go is intense but so rewarding
I’ve successfully migrated away from Google’s vision API to Apple’s vision framework - this means the labeling will now run on device meaning quicker load times and 0 backend cost for meeeeee
February 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’ve successfully migrated away from Google’s vision API to Apple’s vision framework - this means the labeling will now run on device meaning quicker load times and 0 backend cost for meeeeee
okay mitigated the bandwidth issue somewhat by moving the video to be hosted on bunny.net - I'm going to migrate from netlify to cloudflare pages to be safe though
February 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
okay mitigated the bandwidth issue somewhat by moving the video to be hosted on bunny.net - I'm going to migrate from netlify to cloudflare pages to be safe though
i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
February 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
I was serving a 12MB vid on every load - i've compressed it to 3MB but still the bandwidth usage is huge!
February 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I was serving a 12MB vid on every load - i've compressed it to 3MB but still the bandwidth usage is huge!
February 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
February 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Okay, since posting about touch grass on reddit I've had about 10 people reach out to me, 2 looking for a job, 2 interested in funding and the rest wanting to collab on the Android app...
putting yourself out there is so cool #buildinpublic
putting yourself out there is so cool #buildinpublic
February 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Okay, since posting about touch grass on reddit I've had about 10 people reach out to me, 2 looking for a job, 2 interested in funding and the rest wanting to collab on the Android app...
putting yourself out there is so cool #buildinpublic
putting yourself out there is so cool #buildinpublic
February 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Perks of having a fiancée who works in design... #buildinpublic
February 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Perks of having a fiancée who works in design... #buildinpublic
I've pledged 50% of the profits from skip purchases in touch grass to rewilding projects across the UK - the user knows this so you're still doing good even if you can't make it outside to touch grass
I'll update the page monthly and you can track it here: touchgrass.now/rewilding
#buildinpublic
I'll update the page monthly and you can track it here: touchgrass.now/rewilding
#buildinpublic
February 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I've pledged 50% of the profits from skip purchases in touch grass to rewilding projects across the UK - the user knows this so you're still doing good even if you can't make it outside to touch grass
I'll update the page monthly and you can track it here: touchgrass.now/rewilding
#buildinpublic
I'll update the page monthly and you can track it here: touchgrass.now/rewilding
#buildinpublic