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Runar Ovesen Hjerpbakk

Product coach, people manager and maker of apps

For 17 years I've helped organizations turn technology into real progress, through product development, leadership and hands-on building. Today I'm a manager at Bekk in Trondheim.

Apps I've made

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SinceTag

App · Mac

SinceTag

See what changed in a git repo since the last tagged release. Point it at a local repo and get a clear view of commits, history, and what is coming next.

Mac App Store
Stoic Focus

App · iPhone, iPad, Mac

Stoic Focus

A daily Stoic companion with over 450 quotes from 12 sources, daily notifications, favourites, and browsing by philosopher and source work.

App Store
Simplest Workout Tracker

App · iPhone, iPad

Simplest Workout Tracker

A calm exercise log. Tap the day, note what you did, and watch the streaks build. It pre-fills your usual activity for each weekday and tracks a yearly goal.

App Store
Olsen - Norwegian Card Game

Game · iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch

Olsen - Norwegian Card Game

A Norwegian card game in the crazy eights family, with AI opponents that have real personality. Play with one hand, no wifi needed. The same game on every screen.

App Store

Sites I run

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Norske eventyr

A digital collection of classic Norwegian folk tales by Asbjørnsen and Moe, organised in thematic collections and presented with inspiration from traditional folk art. Built with SvelteKit.

Website

Nordic Card Games

An English-language catalogue of traditional Nordic card games, with simple rules for classics like Cucumber, Hearts and Amerikaner, filterable by players, length and age. Built with SvelteKit and Supabase.

Website

Norske kortspill

A Norwegian catalogue of known and lesser-known card games. Read the rules, and play the best ones right in the browser or with a companion app. Built with Svelte and Supabase.

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SinceTag is now on the Mac App Store

SinceTag icon

SinceTag is now on the Mac App Store. It started as a tool I built for myself. I wanted a simple way to see what had changed in a repo since the last tagged release, without reading through the git log every time I sat down to cut a new version.

SinceTag screenshot

Point it at a local git repo and SinceTag reads your tags, then shows everything that has happened since the most recent one. Switch to the history view to look back over past releases, or open the future tab to keep track of what is still coming.

There is no account to set up, and nothing leaves your Mac. SinceTag just reads the repos you already have on disk.

Get SinceTag on the Mac App Store


I speak and run courses on product development, leadership, team collaboration and using AI well, for organizations and teams.

Produktutforskning nå som AI er nyttig Most recent talk · Jun 2026 Produktutforskning nå som AI er nyttig Bekk, fagdag