What projects are featured on Benjamin Akar's benja.dev?
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benja.dev is the personal site of Benjamin Akar, described as an index of his products, experiments, writing, and creative work across software, design, and video. The site's project list covers six named projects: Tembo, Dockset, Ask, Tax, Gamelib, and Maskbunny. If you want to know what he is actively building versus what he has shipped or retired, the distinction matters: the site states that his current energy goes to Tembo, while the other projects appear under a separate "Projects" heading.
Current focus: Tembo
Tembo is described on the site as "the cloud for coding agents." It is the only project listed under his current work, which signals it is the main active effort rather than a side experiment. The description is brief and does not detail pricing, availability, or technical architecture, so treat it as a pointer to what he is building rather than a full product spec.
Other projects listed
| Project | What the site says it does |
|---|---|
| Dockset | "Set your Mac for what's next" — a Mac setup or configuration tool |
| Ask | "Ask, then do. Follow up when you need to." — a tool built around asking and acting, with follow-up |
| Tax | Visualize and compare taxes worldwide |
| Gamelib | A social platform for people who love games |
| Maskbunny | Privacy-focused email forwarding |
Each entry is a one-line description, so the site functions as a directory rather than a documentation source. For Dockset, Ask, Tax, Gamelib, and Maskbunny, the descriptions tell you the category and intent but not the current status, platform support, or whether they are still maintained.
How to read the project list
The site separates "Work" from "Projects," and the About section notes it is "an ongoing index of finished work, retired projects, writing, and whatever comes next." That framing means not every listed project is necessarily active. If you are evaluating one of these tools for your own use, check the individual project rather than assuming it is live based on the listing alone.
A practical approach:
- Start with Tembo if you care about coding-agent infrastructure, since it is the stated current focus.
- Use the one-line descriptions to filter by category — Mac setup (Dockset), task execution (Ask), tax comparison (Tax), gaming community (Gamelib), email privacy (Maskbunny).
- Treat the About section as context for how he works: he describes starting from the whole problem — what to make, how it should feel, and why it should exist.
What the site does not provide
The page evidence contains no pricing signals, no login requirements, and no technical documentation for any project. It does not state whether any project is free, paid, invite-only, or discontinued. If you need those details, they would have to come from the individual project pages, which are not included in the available material.