How benja.dev Is Organized for Browsing Benjamin Akar's Work

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benja.dev is the personal site of Benjamin Akar, a builder who describes himself as making "products and experiences across software, design and video." The site is organized into three main sections — WORK, PROJECTS, and ABOUT — so you can jump straight to whichever layer of his output you care about: what he's building right now, his broader catalog of finished and retired projects, or the thinking behind them.

The three sections at a glance

Section What it covers Best for
WORK His current focus Seeing what he's actively building
PROJECTS A list of named products and experiments Browsing his full range of work
ABOUT His approach and interests Understanding his design philosophy

WORK: what he's building now

The WORK section is where Akar puts his current energy. As of the site's content, that means Tembo, described as "the cloud for coding agents." This is the one project framed as an active, ongoing commitment rather than a finished or retired piece — so if you want to know what he's spending his time on today, start here.

PROJECTS: the catalog of products and experiments

PROJECTS is the browsing section. It lists named works, each with a short tagline:

  • Dockset — "Set your Mac for what's next."
  • Ask — "Ask, then do. Follow up when you need to."
  • Tax — "Visualize and compare taxes worldwide."
  • Gamelib — "A social platform for people who love games."
  • Maskbunny — "Privacy-focused email forwarding."

The range here is the point: macOS tooling, an assistant-style product, a data visualization tool, a social platform, and a privacy utility. If you're trying to get a sense of his interests, reading the PROJECTS list top to bottom is the fastest way.

ABOUT: the philosophy behind the work

The ABOUT section explains how Akar approaches what he makes. He writes that he cares about "how technology shapes taste, behavior, and culture," and that he tends to "work from the whole problem — what to make, how it should feel, and why it should exist." He also frames the site itself as "an ongoing index of finished work, retired projects, writing, and whatever comes next."

That last line is worth noting if you're browsing: not everything listed is live or maintained. Some entries are retired projects kept as a record, so treat PROJECTS as an archive of his output rather than a list of currently supported products.

How to navigate it

  1. Want the current project? Go to WORK.
  2. Want the full range of what he's made? Scan PROJECTS.
  3. Want context on why he builds the way he does? Read ABOUT.

There's no pricing or signup information on the site itself, so if a project like Tembo interests you, you'll need to follow it to its own page rather than expect details on benja.dev.