BenchLog is live

On April 13, 2026, BenchLog went live. Here's the part where we tell you how it started — not because you asked, but because every SaaS page on earth seems to have one.

How it started

I'm one person, about to start an RV-10. Before buying the first rivet I went hunting for a builder's log that fit the way I actually work. I didn't find one.

The problem was always the same. Short sessions — 30 minutes here, 45 there — and by the time Sunday rolled around I couldn't quite remember when I'd worked on what. Sometimes I'd forget to take pictures. Sometimes I'd take them and forget which step they belonged to. Reconstructing the week afterward turned into its own little project.

And importing photos into Excel, formatting everything so it looked like something a human could read? That's not a build log. That's a second hobby.

So I built the thing I wanted

Press Start when you sit down. Press Stop when you get up. Link the session to the chapter, page, or step you were working on. Drop in a photo. That's it.

Since the time was getting logged automatically anyway, it seemed silly not to track progress against Van's 2,500-hour estimate. So the dashboard now tells you where you stand — total hours, section breakdown, and an honest finish-date projection based on your actual pace. (Not the optimistic one. The real one.)

What's next

I'm going to use BenchLog on my own build, find the rough edges, and fix them. If you're a builder and you try it, tell me what's missing. The roadmap is short, opinionated, and shaped more by real feedback than by my guesses.

Welcome aboard. Now go log a session.