Field Notes
Notes from building this in public
How a one-person company with an AI team designs, ships, and markets a literary-travel app — written as it happens.
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On a map you can see how close the stops are
The map pane now runs on the sample journey and on shared itineraries — the pages that named places without ever showing where they were.
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Your book club finally has a destination
Book-club readaways are live: pick several books for a group and get one grounded, shareable trip — no account required to open it.
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We deleted the front door, not the room
A standalone Readaway nav item lasted about two days before we retired it. The lesson wasn't about the deleting — it was about what the added mode left behind.
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Readaway is live — turn any shelf into a trip
Expedia coined the word "readaways." This week My Storyland shipped ours — the book-first way to turn a shelf into a real, walkable trip.
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One founder, seventeen AI teammates, and one quiet phone
How My Storyland is built, shipped, and marketed by a team where every role except one is an AI — written for readers who have never merged a pull request.
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