Building Book DNA

Building Book DNA: What we learned from nine 1-hour Zoom sessions with our first beta testers

Plus: what we're shipping in the next 2 weeks...

Apr 3 • Ben Fox

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March 2026

Building Book DNA: All my 2026 reading data is in the beta! Woohoo 🎉

Notes on building a smarter, more personal way to manage your reading life, with recommendations shaped by your Book DNA.

Mar 13 • Ben Fox

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Building Book DNA: Book series tracking and tracking your favorite authors.

Notes on building a smarter, more personal way to manage your reading life, with recommendations shaped by your Book DNA.

Mar 2 • Ben Fox

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January 2026

Building Book DNA: We found our design vibe!

Notes on building a smarter, more personal way to manage your reading life, with recommendations shaped by your Book DNA.

Jan 29 • Ben Fox

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Building Book DNA: A big migration and rebranding as Book DNA!

Notes on building a smarter, more personal way to manage your reading life, with recommendations shaped by your Book DNA.

Jan 14 • Ben Fox

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December 2025

Building Book DNA: reading log, global search, and importing from Goodreads.

Notes on building a smarter, more personal way to manage your reading life, with recommendations shaped by your Book DNA.

Dec 19, 2025 • Ben Fox

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November 2025

MVP user testing kicks off in late January 😀

Notes on building a smarter, more personal way to manage your reading life, with recommendations shaped by your Book DNA.

Nov 20, 2025 • Ben Fox

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October 2025

What features am I playing with for our upcoming book tracking app? (beyond the basics)

Building a smarter book tracking app that is deeply personalized.

Oct 30, 2025 • Ben Fox

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September 2025

Back from my vacation! What do we have planned for our upcoming 2025 best books of the year event?

And some updates on the full app for readers.

Sep 22, 2025 • Ben Fox

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August 2025

Fixing some bookshelves bugs, and almost ready to start building the full app for readers.

And on vacation for a few weeks...

Aug 7, 2025 • Ben Fox

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Launch party: Shepherd's new bookshelves are live! 🥳🎊🍾!

I've been waiting for these a long time :)

Aug 2, 2025 • Ben Fox

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July 2025

New bookshelves are 99% done and we've started to build the full the reader app 🥳

Summer is going well...

Jul 18, 2025 • Ben Fox

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