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Dispatches from Glasgow
Notes on distance, and building a game about it.
Product updates, long-distance research, and the occasional argument about whether streaks are healthy. Written by the two people making KTL.
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Streak freezes: why a relationship streak should forgive you
Every habit app punishes the miss. We think that is exactly backwards when the habit is a relationship.
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Why we gamified a relationship app
Not to make love competitive. To give the small true things somewhere to go.
2 AUG 2026 · 3 MIN
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Streak freezes: why a relationship streak should forgive you
Every habit app punishes the miss. We think that is exactly backwards when the habit is a relationship.
21 JUL 2026 · 4 MIN
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