ZA ZEN

Za Zen is on Google Play. On the way there: a Do Not Disturb toggle, a finishing bell that learned to match its volume, and the discovery that Android was backing up my users' data behind my back.

1.0.0 shipped, then real testing started: a grey bar that won't die, a finishing bell that goes silent on a locked phone, and two clocks quietly racing each other. Here's how 1.4.0 got made, wrestling metaphors included.

I started dabbling with meditation in January 2017. Years later, dissatisfied with what Insight Timer had become, I sketched out what I'd actually want from a meditation app instead. This is the beginning of that story.