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Swiftsonic '26 @swiftsonicconf.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🚨 Announcing our HEADLINER speakers for the FIRST EVER Swiftsonic! 🚨 Come hear from these ROCKSTAR devs in Nashville this November 🤘

Swiftsonic Keynote Speakers: Betsy Langowski and Paul Hudson. Headliners: Kaya Thomas, Ellen Shapiro, Daniel Steinberg, James Dempsey, Klemens Strasser, Danijela Vrzan, Maddie McCarthy, Malin Sundberg, Matt Heaney, Mikaela Caron, Chris Wu, and Ben Freiband

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Point-Free @pointfree.co · 11/02/2026

A huge congratulations to @kayathomas.is for her App of the Day feature! She was able to leverage our SQLiteData library to easily add privacy-first synchronization and data sharing to her app. Be sure to check it out are share with your loved ones: apps.apple.com/us/story/id1...

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Kaya @kayathomas.is · 11/02/2026

My app @milkdiary.app is Apple’s App of the Day in the US App Store! So grateful for this recognition and thank you to ALL the families that have used Milk Diary so far and everyone that has supported me in this journey. There’s still so much to come, stay tuned! 🫶🏽 #OnTheAppStore milkdiary.com

Artwork for Milk Diary’s App of the Day feature in the US App Store

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Swiftsonic '26 @swiftsonicconf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

🎤 KAYA HITS THE HIGH NOTES 🔊 @kayathomas.is is a Dartmouth/MIT grad with 10+ years in mobile dev (her own apps, Slack, Calm). After her daughter’s NICU stay shifted her feeding plans, she built Milk Diary, a privacy-first infant feeding app.

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Adrian Eves @swifteves.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

@kayathomas.is is back on stage! I've had the privilege of getting to know Kaya over the course of the last few years, last year in particular, and I can't wait for you to learn the incredible things she has to teach!

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Plinky 🔗 @plinky.app · 13/01/2026

I was working on a little tool for @plinky.app, and realized I could turn it into something useful for other people. Introducing Skylink. 🎁 Search any Bluesky feed to find links matching any term, domain, or URL. The default feed is the Gift Links feed — so maybe find yourself a good read? 😇

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Skylink - Search Bluesky feeds for links

Paste a Bluesky feed link and find posts that mention your domains, URLs, or keywords.

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Kaya @kayathomas.is · 22/09/2025

Milk Diary is available to download on the App Store! So excited it’s live & I hope it helps new parents more easily manage their baby feeding journey. This is just the beginning, I look forward to getting feedback from parents & to be able to iterate on the app with them. 💖 apple.co/3VlJn3Y

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‎Milk Diary: Baby Feeding

‎Your Complete Feeding Journey Companion. Track, Store, Schedule. Milk Diary is the essential app for new parents that supports all feeding journeys. Whether you're nursing, pumping, and/or bottle fe...

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Kaya @kayathomas.is · 22/09/2025

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‎Milk Diary: Baby Feeding

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Kaya @kayathomas.is · 16/09/2025

Milk Diary @milkdiary.app is live on the App Store for pre-order downloads! Launching 09.22.2025 🎉 Designed for iOS 26, Milk Diary is here to help new parents manage their baby feeding journey no matter what your journey looks like. So excited to get this out into the world 💛 apple.co/3VlJn3Y

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‎Milk Diary: Baby Feeding

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Leo Dion @leogdion.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Even though @kayathomas.is is an expert in notifications she used AlarmKit in her latest app Milk Dairy. It's been 5 years since she talked about Notifications on the show and it's interesting here why she's using AlarmKit instead. brightdigit.com/episodes/203...

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Leo Dion @leogdion.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

After half a decade, @kayathomas.is came back to tell me about her new motherhood-inspired app Milk Diary. She talks about using new APIs like Foundation Models, SpeechAnalyzer, and AlarmKit to handle the complex stuff other feeding apps miss. brightdigit.com/episodes/203...

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Leo Dion @leogdion.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Kaya Thomas returns after 5 years to discuss her new app, Milk Diary. As a new mom, she focuses on creating a comprehensive baby feeding app. We explore her inspiration, iOS 26 development, Liquid Design, and Foundation Models. www.patreon.com/posts/milk-d...

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Leo Dion @leogdion.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I’m excited to have @kayathomas.is back on to talk about her new app! Have a question about Liquid Glass, Foundation Models, or something else? Let us know.

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Kaya @kayathomas.is · 21/07/2025

Since early this year I’ve been working on creating an app I wish I had during my daughter’s first year. So excited to now announce Milk Diary (@milkdiary.app), launching this fall with iOS 26! (1/3)

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Saron Yitbarek @saron.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

So excited to share my WWDC talk with you all, "What's new in Safari and WebKit" 🥳 It covers all the great things our team has been working on for you and I'm honored to be the one to share all these features and updates 🙏🏾 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Ly...

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WWDC25: What’s new in Safari and WebKit | Apple

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Kaya @kayathomas.is · 04/04/2025

Excited to be writing again, I'm going to share all about my second-time founder journey on my new website. First post is about my motivations for building new app after becoming a mom. 🤱🏽 kayathomas.is/buildincommu...

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Building in community

Eleven years after building my first app, We Read Too, I'm now embarking on making a new app. As a second-time founder, I'm focused on a pain point I've experienced directly and building for a communi...

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Ali Spittel @alispit.tel · 04/04/2025

i wrote down some thoughts on "should you learn to code in 2025", "is vibe coding good for newbies", and much more dev.to/aspittel/tea...

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Teaching Code in the AI Era: Why Fundamentals Still Matter

As someone who has spent the last decade leading developer relations teams, teaching at coding...

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Building in community

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Sue Smith @suesmith.lol · 31/03/2025

Blogged about how essential I believe it is to continue teaching coding skills and what effective learning might look like when people are coming in through gen AI defined paths dev.to/fastly/we-sh...

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We should still teach coding

Software written using generative AI is all over the web. Performance and security issues abound....

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Kaya @kayathomas.is · 30/03/2025

Next time anyone asks me how I feel about A.I. I'm just going to send them @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's article. So spot on. I really worry where we're headed if folks believe that human expertise is no longer needed. The real pursuit of knowledge is always worth it. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...

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Opinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes (Gift Article)

A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

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Kaya @kayathomas.is · 30/03/2025

Me today sending out survey links everywhere 🤣 it felt cringe but I’m happy I went for it I already got over 20 responses & important insights that are valuable to determining my MVP

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Kaya @kayathomas.is · 29/03/2025

For years folks would ask me if I was going to make more apps or what my next idea was after We Read Too and most times my answer was 🤷🏽‍♀️ In order for me to pursue an idea I need to feel strongly that *I* am uniquely positioned to build it with purpose. Well, now I have that feeling again!

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Kaya @kayathomas.is · 24/03/2025

hi 👋🏽 I’ve been generally offline for the last few years, but I’m feeling ready to reengage & reconnect with my online friends! I might be nostalgic for the earlier days of social media, but I’m hoping this can be a place of mutual learning and interesting convos 🤓

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