by KimBoo York | Jul 8, 2026 | Behind the Scenes, Features
I have dearly longed for a way to bring up a story’s wiki entries while reading the story since…well, since before the internet. One of the first things I bought after reading Dune at the tender age of 15 was to buy McNelly’s Dune Encyclopedia (which, in 1984,...
by KimBoo York | Jul 1, 2026 | Behind the Scenes
So the reader demo site is “live” and you can go read my novella, Family Feud there. Hilariously, the story is chopped up into parts, chapters, and scenes, despite being so short. While those elements are usually reserved for (much) longer works, and this story could...
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...
