Who made it
One person, in Kentucky.
Said Daily was written by Jeffrey Hakim. He wrote 29,229 of the thoughts in it himself, and every one of the 32,259 carries an explanation and a question that had to be written too. It is version 1.0, and it is on the App Store.
He is a designer and developer, and has spent seven years on ecommerce — brand identity, storefronts and product work, for Fortune 500 systems and for brands launching on their own.
His other work is at jeffreyhakim.com.
Why I made it
A little more room to hear yourself.
I made Said Daily because I wanted a different relationship with the thing I reach for every morning.
Before I have even decided what matters to me that day, my phone can fill my head with what matters to everyone else. Messages. Headlines. Other people’s lives. There is always something to react to. I wanted a moment before all of that — a chance to arrive in my own life before being pulled into the rest of the world.
I kept coming back to what a few well-chosen words can do. A sentence can give a name to something you have felt for years. It can interrupt an old assumption, help you understand someone, or stay with you until an ordinary afternoon gives it meaning.
But collecting those sentences never felt like enough. I wanted somewhere to think about them. To ask whether I believed them. To write an honest answer, even if that answer changed a week later. That is why the reflection matters as much as the thought itself. Your experience belongs in the conversation.
My hope for Said Daily is that it becomes a small, dependable place in someone’s day. Somewhere they can return during a difficult season, before a decision, or simply because they have a few quiet minutes. Over time, the words they leave there might help them recognize how they have changed — and what they want to carry forward.
That hope shaped how I built it. Reading needs no account. The library works without a connection. There are no advertisements competing with the moment you came for. I wanted the care to be visible in what the app asks of you, as much as in what it gives you.
I believe technology can help us become more attentive to our lives. It can leave us with a clearer thought, a better question, or something worth saying to another person.
That is what I made Said Daily for. I want the moment you spend here to make a difference in the day you return to.
What has actually been built, and on what day, is in the log. The 24 categories the library is sorted into are here.