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

    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

    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

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