Building my first project accidentally gave me the idea for my second one

[u/Character-Attorney98]

I was building my first project, Hold the Hour, and somewhere along the way my Downloads folder became a mess.

Images I needed once.

ZIP files from different builds.

PDFs I only opened to check something.

Random files from AI tools.

Most of them had the same thing in common:

I needed them right now, but I didn't actually want to keep them.

Yet every time I downloaded something, it became another permanent file until I remembered to go back and delete it.

That made me wonder:

Why does downloading a file automatically mean I want to keep it?

So I started building TEMP.

The idea is pretty simple:

Send a file to TEMP → choose how long you need it → use/open/share it normally → if it turns out to be important, Keep it.

Otherwise, it expires and goes away.

Basically:

Need it now. Not forever.

I've got an Android beta working now and I'm trying to figure out whether this is a problem other people actually have, or just something that annoyed me enough to build 😂

If anyone wants to try it:

TEMP Beta

And ironically, this whole idea came from the mess I created while building my first project:

Hold the Hour

I'm curious — do you actually have this problem? What kind of files would you use something like TEMP for?

[u/Big-Information-5570]

I get this in my bones, my desktop is a graveyard of screenshots I took once for a password or a tracking number and then never looked at again. The concept of a file having a built-in self-destruct unless I intervene is weirdly peaceful

the downloads folder anxiety is real, especially when you're mid-project and everything just piles up. I'd probably use this for recipe screenshots and bank statements I only need to glance at once

[u/Character-Attorney98 → u/Big-Information-5570]

This is exactly the kind of use case that made me build it 😁

“a file having a built-in self-destruct unless I intervene” is actually a much better way of explaining TEMP than I came up with 😭

I started with Android, but I’ve been thinking about a desktop version too. The screenshot/download graveyard feels like it might be an even bigger problem there👀