The last time I worked on any of my projects was April 21st.
Today is June 19th.
Almost two months.
Life got chaotic.
Not the exciting kind of chaotic where you’re juggling a dozen projects and drinking too much coffee.
Just regular life chaos.
The kind that quietly steals your time and energy until one day you realize you haven’t opened your project in weeks.
Then months.
Before everything came to a stop, I had made a lot more progress than I think I gave myself credit for.
Soft Static is in a really good place.
The base theme is finished.
The cover page, yearly page, daily page, journal, tab system, and core functionality are all built and working.
What’s left is mostly the fun stuff:
- additional themes
- add-ons
- polish
- getting it ready for TestFlight
For the first time, Soft Static feels like a real product instead of just an idea.
Whispering Hollow is still sitting quietly in the swamp waiting for me.
It’s my first game, and honestly, I still have no idea what I’m doing.
But I can finally see the shape of it.
The atmosphere is there.
The world is there.
The systems are starting to connect.
It’s still far from finished, but it no longer feels impossible.
AW Horse Transport is in a strange place.
The app works.
People use it.
It solved a real problem.
And in a lot of ways, it became the proof that I can actually build things that people need.
Without that project, Dustline probably wouldn’t exist.
Which brings me to now.
Over the last few weeks, a new idea has been quietly taking over my brain.
It’s called Boardly.
And honestly, it might be the biggest project I’ve attempted yet.
Boardly is an all-in-one platform for animal businesses.
Boarding facilities.
Dog daycares.
Horse boarding barns.
Training facilities.
Rescues.
Groomers.
Pretty much anyone caring for animals.
The idea is simple:
Businesses create their own workspace inside Boardly.
Their own branding.
Their own colors.
Their own logo.
Their own customers.
Their own staff.
Their own records.
Their own world.
From there they can manage:
- facilities
- bookings
- customers
- animal records
- staff
- daily care
- billing
- communication
All in one place.
Across every species.
The more I think about it, the more it feels like the natural evolution of everything I’ve built so far.
Soft Static taught me UI.
AW Horse Transport taught me logistics.
Whispering Hollow taught me how to build bigger systems.
Boardly feels like all of those lessons crashing together into one project.
So that’s where things stand.
Some projects are paused.
Some are nearly finished.
And one completely new idea has shown up demanding attention.
For the first time in a couple months, I’m opening my projects again.
And honestly?
It feels good to be building.
