Maci Peterson Is Creating Apps People Need—And Inspiring Everyone to Code

Thanks to genius (and life-saver) Maci Peterson, there’s an app that will save you from yourself—it lets you rewind and take back any awkward, misspelled, or misdirected text messages that you’re having second thoughts about.

As the CEO and Co-Founder of On Second Thought, a messaging app that lets you undo any content that you send to people via SMS or MMS, Peterson has certainly changed the text message game for everyone.

“You don’t have to become a coding expert,” Peterson says in an interview with Essence. “Just have a general sense of how to build something technological—it will take you a long way.”

Cover image courtesy of Blame Ebro.

By Caroline Liu on February 15, 2016
Caroline Liu is a freelance writer, graphic designer, and computer programmer studying at Wesleyan University. She is pursuing majors in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Computer Science in order to bridge her passions for tech, design, and social justice. Learn more about Caroline on her website or follow her on Twitter.