Kleki Blog

On this blog I write about the development of my app Kleki, which is a community-funded painting tool for the browser. I share progress on new features, go into detail of their implementation, make announcements, and explain aspects of the application.
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Latest Posts

  1. Supporter Page Launched general

    I've been thinking for a while about how to make supporting Kleki feel more worthwhile, without leaving anyone out depending on how they choose to donate, and without slowing the development of Kleki. I think I finally have something good. If you donate through PayPal or Patreon, you now have access to a supporter...

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  2. Migration to bunny.net general

    I migrated Kleki's hosting away from Netlify to bunny.net, a European provider primarily known for their CDNs. I made this move because last year Netlify introduced a credit-based pricing model which would increase Kleki's hosting cost by around 1070% - from $20 to $234 (it was more expensive at the time of their...

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  3. Warp Transform Released general

    Today I released the new warp transform feature. You find it by going into the select tool, then switch to "transform", and then enable "warp". You will see a warp grid overlaying your selected area. As you drag, your drawing will get smoothly deformed. This is a powerful tool for adjusting your sketches, or for doing...

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  4. Warp Transform (work in progress) general
  5. New select > transform (work in progress) general
  6. Our hoster (Netlify) announces new and much more expensive pricing model general
  7. All tools now respect selection general
  8. Selection affects more Edit functions general
  9. Selection affects Edit > Transform general
  10. Recovery Beta Release general
  11. Recovery Prototype general
  12. New Beta (0.8) general
  13. Beta Release general
  14. Select tool integrated (WIP) general
  15. Zoomable Previews general
  16. Text Tool Update general
  17. Select Prototype 5 general
  18. Logo Refresh general
  19. Layer Visibility Toggle general
  20. Select Prototype 4 general
  21. Select Prototype 3 general
  22. Browser Bug Demos general
  23. Select Prototype 2 general
  24. Select Prototype general
  25. Update on Sunday general
  26. February Update general
  27. Little Update general
  28. Roadmap general
  29. Noise Released general
  30. Noise - Work in Progress general