by KimBoo York | Jun 24, 2026 | Behind the Scenes
Something I need to be clear about is that I did in fact vibe code this whole project, and I mean to continue. I’ve been a “coder” since the 90s, but only in the sense that I mucked around with HTML, CSS, Python, and a few random snippets of stuff I did not...
by KimBoo York | Jun 17, 2026 | Behind the Scenes
Before going any further, I want to tell you about Keely. The dog, not the app. Sadly, she passed away on August 1, 2025. It’s been a long year without her. I wrote up a whole obit for her if you want to read more about her AMAZING story. Some days I wake...
by KimBoo York | Jun 3, 2026 | Behind the Scenes
FREE. ACCESSIBLE. PORTABLE. Before I logged one day of building, I set down the basic principles Keely App is based on. To my mind, setting your north star is one of the most important things you can do before starting any major project. The guiding...
by KimBoo York | May 21, 2026 | Behind the Scenes
I dropped the Dream Platform for Authors spec sheet doc on you at the end of the last post, and I’m sorry, because that is not a quick read. But it is thorough, if I do say so myself! It was created in 2024 out of a sprawling mess of notes I had accumulated over...
by KimBoo York | May 7, 2026 | Behind the Scenes
In my last post, I left off with “I decided to build it” but that is, unsurprisingly, not what happened. Not even a little bit. What happened was that I tried everything else. I eventually wrote a whole book out of those explorations, because I was led down...
by KimBoo York | Apr 30, 2026 | Behind the Scenes
Like a naive little author, when I set out to start serializing a book I was writing, I thought it would be fairly easy. This is the online era, is it not? We have the technology, yes? It should be efficient and effective! Instead I slammed face-first into...
