This Dumb however Enjoyable App Sends Photographs to Your Associates on the Pace of Hen

The creator of a brand new vibe-coded iOS slow-messaging app, Carrier Pidge, admits that his app is pointless and has minimal, if any, sensible use.

Carrier Pidge was truly launched months in the past, shortly earlier than an analogous viral slow-messaging app, Roost, launched on iOS and Android, a degree Carrier Pidge’s creator Noah Iarrobino has been quick to note on social media. However, I solely discovered about it at present when a buddy texted me about it.

“Have you heard about the app Carrier Pidge?” he requested.

After telling me it’s a messaging app, I joked, “Does it take as long to send a message as it would take a bird to fly there?”

That is strictly what it does.

Spent 3 weeks constructing a texting app slower than electronic mail. Messages fly at pigeon pace — LA to NYC takes 22 hrs. Sometimes the chook dies & the message isn’t delivered. pic.twitter.com/MwHcldFr0Y

— Noah (@noah_bino) August 12, 2026

Users obtain Carrier Pidge, check in, after which discover associates so as to add to their “flock.” Once you’re associates with somebody, you may ship them a message, which could be textual content or a photograph out of your library, by way of a digital pigeon.

In my case, I’ve chosen to ship my buddy a photograph I took on the New England Aquarium throughout a current journey to Boston. As I write this story, my digital pigeon is making the 105-mile journey northeast at a median pace of round 110 miles per hour, which is definitely practically twice as quick as the common pace of the real-life feathered postal heroes which can be precise provider pigeons.

There is a little bit of a wrinkle, although, as my digital pigeon has a 0.2 % likelihood of falling sufferer to a random act of digital misfortune. Real-life provider pigeon loss charges could be fairly a bit greater than this, relying on the state of affairs. In any occasion, customers shouldn’t ship something too valuable by way of their digital pigeon, though I suppose you would at all times strive once more with a contemporary chook.

I positive hope my chook makes it!

While it’s not a serious concern to attend an hour for a message to get delivered to my buddy right here in Maine, what if I wished to ship one thing to PetaPixel editor-in-chief, Jaron Schneider, who’s positioned on the opposite aspect of the nation, about 2,500 miles away? That’d take my chook practically a full day! So much can go mistaken in 2,500 miles.

Photographers have seemingly embraced slower methods of doing issues recently, like a digital camera that captures images that customers have to attend to reach within the mail as 4×6 prints.

In any occasion, Carrier Pidge is simply dumb enjoyable and fortunately free to make use of. While I’m removed from a fan of AI, I a lot desire AI getting used to code a goofy app like this than, oh, I dunno, make rubbish motion pictures. Of course, I’d actually desire that an individual code this app with out AI, however that’s a tall order relating to making an app that nearly simulates provider pigeons.

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