HA Harmless Apps a calmer digital world for kids
  • Home
  • Denny's Maze
  • Low-Stimulation Apps
  • Blog

Blog

Thinking out loud

Notes on building calmer kids apps, what I'm learning about attention and design, and the occasional honest account of getting things wrong.

  • June 10, 2026

    I Spent 13 Years Making Apps Impossible to Put Down. Now I'm Building the Opposite, for My Son.

    For thirteen years my job has been to make things hard to put down. I'm an iOS developer, and over that time I've shipped apps at companies whose names you'd recognize. Somewhere along the way I fell for product management too, and I picked up all the vocabulary: retention, time spent in app, engagement loops. I can talk about dopamine spikes the way other people talk about the weather.

    Read →

Harmless Apps

Calm-first kids app pages for parents who want screen time to feel less chaotic.

  • Home
  • Denny's Maze
  • Low-Stimulation Apps
  • Blog
  • Privacy
  • Terms
View on the App Store