The idea came in January

In January 2026, my family lost someone important. I watched the people I love try to stay close to him after he was gone — scrolling through old photos, replaying old voicemails, going quiet at certain moments without being able to say why.

I’m a software developer. I had never built a mobile app before. But I wanted to give the people I loved something — any small thing — that could let them hear his voice again without feeling like they were clinging to a ghost.

By April, Senarra existed. It works. It does the thing I had hoped it would do.

I built this because grief is private, and because the apps that exist in this space either feel like databases or like cheap tricks. I wanted something quiet. Something dignified. Something that treats the person you’ve lost as a person — not a product feature.

Senarra is what I wish had existed when our family needed it. I hope it helps you the way building it has helped us.