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Kaya

@kayathomas.is

mom, developer, writer, facilitator πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ’» studied at dartmouth & MIT πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸŽ“ new yorker turned southern transplant 🌻 founder of Milk Diary (@milkdiary.app) and We Read Too (sunset) https://kayathomas.is/

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Thanks Chris!!

12.02.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

11.02.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you!!

11.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Nate!

11.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Artwork for Milk Diary’s App of the Day feature in the US App Store

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

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

11.02.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A woman seated in a soft, outdoor chair smiles and poses for a photograph

A woman seated in a soft, outdoor chair smiles and poses for a photograph

🎀 KAYA HITS THE HIGH NOTES

πŸ”Š @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.

26.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

@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!

26.01.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

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 β€” so maybe find yourself a good read? πŸ˜‡

13.01.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€ŽMilk Diary: Baby Feeding β€ŽYour 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…

Milk Diary, by @kayathomas.is

apple.co/3VlJn3Y

A smart β€œmilk management” app designed to help parents from the newborn stage to their child’s first birthday! πŸ’—πŸ§‘πŸΌπŸ“Š

22.10.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€ŽMilk Diary: Baby Feeding β€ŽYour 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...

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. πŸ’–

apple.co/3VlJn3Y

22.09.2025 15:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much Veni!!

22.09.2025 18:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Milk Diary: Baby Feeding: Baby feeding journey companion app for new parents | Product Hunt Milk Diary helps parents manage their unique baby feeding journey. Whether your family is nursing, pumping, and/or bottle feeding, seamlessly track sessions and feeds, manage your milk storage, stay o...

The Product Hunt page for Milk Diary is also up for the launch today, it would mean so much to me if folks would give it an upvote / comment! πŸ™πŸ½πŸ’›

www.producthunt.com/products/mil...

22.09.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€ŽMilk Diary: Baby Feeding β€ŽYour 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...

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. πŸ’–

apple.co/3VlJn3Y

22.09.2025 15:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€ŽMilk Diary: Baby Feeding β€ŽYour 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...

Milk Diary @milkdiary.app is live on the App Store for pre-order downloads! Launching 09.22.2025 πŸŽ‰

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 πŸ’› apple.co/3VlJn3Y

16.09.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

11.08.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

01.08.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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...

25.07.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

22.07.2025 12:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Milk Diary App Feed with love. Track with ease. The milk management app that lightens your mental load.

It’s been so fun working on iOS 26 features with Liquid Glass, Foundation Models, AlarmKit and SpeechAnalyzer.

The website is where you can join the list for updates, feature details and opportunities to join the private beta! I’ll also be sharing updates on @milkdiary.app.

milkdiary.com

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21.07.2025 19:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Milk Diary (@milkdiary.app) is a baby feeding app with all the tools to help parents with milk management from their baby’s birth to 1st birthday. The app’s mission is to help lighten parent’s mental load during a time that is full of changes.

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21.07.2025 19:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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!

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21.07.2025 19:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
WWDC25: What’s new in Safari and WebKit | Apple
WWDC25: What’s new in Safari and WebKit | Apple YouTube video by Apple Developer

So excited to share my WWDC talk with you all, "What's new in Safari and WebKit" πŸ₯³

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 πŸ™πŸΎ

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Ly...

11.06.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Saron!! Definitely gonna check it out 😁

10.04.2025 19:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooo yum!! Did you use a recipe?

10.04.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

when I learned what vibe coding was my first thought was β€œthat sounds like a nightmare in production” like how do you maintain the code, fix bugs, iterate on features, improve performance/scalability… if it’s all based on vibes?! 😭 I really hope folks are just using it for fun prototyping

09.04.2025 18:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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...

04.04.2025 12:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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...

04.04.2025 04:02 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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...

04.04.2025 12:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Right! Now that I’m just out of the fog of my first year I want to get back to more hobbies too. Picking up coding again will be a big one for me (since I don’t code in my day job anymore) but that’s probably not a good rec for you if you’re trying to stay away from work-related things

04.04.2025 03:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The only hobby I’ve been able to pick up again so far postpartum is reading, my LO’s sleep is still unpredictable so getting back to other hobbies that require more sustained time blocks has been hard for me

04.04.2025 03:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0