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I built an app where you send pebbles to people you love
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I built an app where you send pebbles to people you love

via Dev.to WebdevYJ3h ago

Penguins have this social ritual where they find the smoothest pebble on the beach and gift it. It's simple, earnest, kind of ridiculous — and genuinely one of the sweetest things in nature. I built a web app around that idea. It's called Trinkt . Why I built this I got tired of the way we "stay in touch" online. You scroll a feed, maybe drop a like, maybe leave a comment — but none of it actually feels like reaching out to someone. It's broadcasting, not connecting. I wanted something that felt more like a text from a close friend, or leaving a note on someone's desk. Something small, intentional, and private. Not content. Not a post. Just a quiet way to say "hey, I thought of you today." That's Trinkt. No follower counts. No public profiles. No feed. You pick a friend, you send them a pebble. They know you were thinking of them. That's the whole product. How it works Every day you get 3 unique procedural art tokens. Pick one, send it to a friend with an optional 50-character message.

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