Tim Kruse · Log

Stöberby now has its own page: an island in the fog that clears as you scroll.

2026-10-01T00:00:00Z

Stöberby now has its own page: an island in the fog that clears as you scroll. You can sign up there for the app’s test round. Join the test round

built · Stöberby

The relaunch is live: six designs drawn from the same content, switched with the button in the bottom right, and not a single script in the browser.

2026-10-01T00:00:00Z

The relaunch is live: six designs drawn from the same content, switched with the button in the bottom right, and not a single script in the browser.

built · tim-kruse.com

With the app still unbuilt, a year ran through on fast-forward, and after six months the map stood still.

2026-09-30T00:00:00Z

With the app still unbuilt, a year ran through on fast-forward, and after six months the map stood still. Now every island is a chapter, and a boat takes you on to the next one.

learnt · Stöberby

Every island grows from a single number: coastlines, rivers and regions differ for everyone, and the same number always gives the same island.

2026-09-30T00:00:00Z

Every island grows from a single number: coastlines, rivers and regions differ for everyone, and the same number always gives the same island. So only what has happened gets stored.

built · Stöberby

Started something new: an app that pins side quests for real life to a board, from a few minutes to weeks.

2026-09-30T00:00:00Z

Started something new: an app that pins side quests for real life to a board, from a few minutes to weeks. Whatever you finish shows up on a hand-drawn island.

built · Stöberby

Our restaurant list can now be shared: as a table, a top list, a poster or a year-in-review story.

2026-09-29T00:00:00Z

Our restaurant list can now be shared: as a table, a top list, a poster or a year-in-review story. Everything is drawn right in the browser, and private notes stay out.

built · tafelrunde

Shared images used to crop photos into thin strips.

2026-09-29T00:00:00Z

Shared images used to crop photos into thin strips. Now the photo sets the shape, and the layout closes in around it.

fixed · tafelrunde

Designed a new look for the relaunch: a rally of hand-painted cardboard signs, each project one sentence in brush lettering.

2026-09-29T00:00:00Z

Designed a new look for the relaunch: a rally of hand-painted cardboard signs, each project one sentence in brush lettering. It replaces an older design.

built · tim-kruse.com

Photos can now be uploaded at the table while the ratings are still hidden.

2026-09-28T00:00:00Z

Photos can now be uploaded at the table while the ratings are still hidden. The scores are secret, the evening isn’t.

built · tafelrunde

With “remove finished volumes” on, a volume still stayed on the device if it was finished on another one.

2026-09-27T00:00:00Z

With “remove finished volumes” on, a volume still stayed on the device if it was finished on another one. Now it goes away in that case too.

fixed · yomikata

Pairing the brick is now followed by a test tap.

2026-09-26T00:00:00Z

Pairing the brick is now followed by a test tap. That way Android asks its NFC question during setup, not in the middle of the first real focus session.

built · focusbrick

Since Android 13, the system blocks accessibility services of apps installed from a file and only says “access denied”.

2026-09-26T00:00:00Z

Since Android 13, the system blocks accessibility services of apps installed from a file and only says “access denied”. The setup wizard now walks through unlocking it in a step of its own.

learnt · focusbrick

Three new designs for the relaunch: tree rings with one ring per year, the Town Musicians of Bremen as a wobbly tower of project animals, and a capsule machine with one capsule per project.

2026-09-26T00:00:00Z

Three new designs for the relaunch: tree rings with one ring per year, the Town Musicians of Bremen as a wobbly tower of project animals, and a capsule machine with one capsule per project.

built · tim-kruse.com

The homepage now opens with “Hi, I’m Tim.” – after several rounds of making the headline shorter and shorter.

2026-09-25T00:00:00Z

The homepage now opens with “Hi, I’m Tim.” – after several rounds of making the headline shorter and shorter.

written · tim-kruse.com

The app now tells me when a new version is out and downloads it on request.

2026-09-25T00:00:00Z

The app now tells me when a new version is out and downloads it on request. On a fresh install, a wizard walks through setup in eight steps.

built · focusbrick

New “Brick” look: light while idle, dark as soon as a focus session is running.

2026-09-25T00:00:00Z

New “Brick” look: light while idle, dark as soon as a focus session is running. The widgets and the quick settings tile follow along.

built · focusbrick

The widget often sat on “Loading…” – nothing was loading, it had simply never been sent anything.

2026-09-24T00:00:00Z

The widget often sat on “Loading…” – nothing was loading, it had simply never been sent anything. Now the app always pushes the latest state first, and the covers follow.

fixed · yomikata

New look for app and web: how far along I am in a series now shows as little book spines on a shelf instead of numbers.

2026-09-23T00:00:00Z

New look for app and web: how far along I am in a series now shows as little book spines on a shelf instead of numbers.

built · yomikata

Texts and project data now live in files that can be edited locally in a small content editor instead of in the code.

2026-09-23T00:00:00Z

Texts and project data now live in files that can be edited locally in a small content editor instead of in the code.

built · tim-kruse.com

For the relaunch, the site gets several complete designs instead of just colour themes.

2026-09-23T00:00:00Z

For the relaunch, the site gets several complete designs instead of just colour themes. A button at the bottom switches, each design has its own URLs, and the plain address always shows the default.

built · tim-kruse.com

New brand “The Forest”: fir green, paper and candle yellow, from the landing page through the portal to the emails.

2026-09-23T00:00:00Z

New brand “The Forest”: fir green, paper and candle yellow, from the landing page through the portal to the emails.

built · Einmal noch schlafen

A button now opens the volume straight in Bookie, the app I use to track my reading.

2026-09-21T00:00:00Z

A button now opens the volume straight in Bookie, the app I use to track my reading. I still set the status there by hand.

built · yomikata

In panel mode, zoom and dimming were off on some volumes.

2026-09-20T00:00:00Z

In panel mode, zoom and dimming were off on some volumes. The app was mixing two scales: the one the page was measured in and the one of the smaller image it actually loaded.

fixed · yomikata

The panel studio got a second page: pick the number of GPUs, one click, and renting, setup, measuring and teardown run on their own.

2026-09-20T00:00:00Z

The panel studio got a second page: pick the number of GPUs, one click, and renting, setup, measuring and teardown run on their own.

built · yomikata

The largest measuring run so far: 16,366 pages on two rented graphics cards, 14 minutes of computing, about fifty cents.

2026-09-20T00:00:00Z

The largest measuring run so far: 16,366 pages on two rented graphics cards, 14 minutes of computing, about fifty cents. The panels are found by Magi, an image model made for manga. Magi on GitHub

built · yomikata

Test day: went through the whole flow like a customer, from the first click to an opened door.

2026-09-19T00:00:00Z

Test day: went through the whole flow like a customer, from the first click to an opened door. 24 findings fixed; the cart now survives a cancelled checkout, for example.

fixed · Einmal noch schlafen

The countdown on the landing page showed one night more than the calendar itself.

2026-09-19T00:00:00Z

The countdown on the landing page showed one night more than the calendar itself. Daylight saving time tripped up the rounding; it now counts across UTC midnight.

learnt · Einmal noch schlafen

The headlines looked stretched.

2026-09-16T00:00:00Z

The headlines looked stretched. Nothing was broken – the font’s heaviest weight is simply 65% wider than usual. Now a single typeface carries the whole site.

fixed · Einmal noch schlafen

Anyone who wants their calendar content gets it on request as a ZIP: all texts and the photos at full size.

2026-09-15T00:00:00Z

Anyone who wants their calendar content gets it on request as a ZIP: all texts and the photos at full size.

built · Einmal noch schlafen

Once a volume is half read, the next one in the series is already waiting on the home screen.

2026-09-10T00:00:00Z

Once a volume is half read, the next one in the series is already waiting on the home screen. A series no longer drops out of sight just because a volume ended.

built · yomikata