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kayathomas.is
Kaya
@kayathomas.is
mom, developer, writer, facilitator 👩🏽‍💻
studied at dartmouth & MIT 👩🏽‍🎓
new yorker turned southern transplant 🌻
founder of Milk Diary (@milkdiary.app) and We Read Too (sunset)

https://kayathomas.is/
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My app @milkdiary.app is Apple’s App of the Day in the US App Store!

So grateful for this recognition and thank you to ALL the families that have used Milk Diary so far and everyone that has supported me in this journey. There’s still so much to come, stay tuned! 🫶🏽 #OnTheAppStore

milkdiary.com
Thanks Chris!!
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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A huge congratulations to @kayathomas.is for her App of the Day feature!

She was able to leverage our SQLiteData library to easily add privacy-first synchronization and data sharing to her app.

Be sure to check it out are share with your loved ones:
apps.apple.com/us/story/id1...
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Thank you!!
February 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Thank you Nate!
February 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
My app @milkdiary.app is Apple’s App of the Day in the US App Store!

So grateful for this recognition and thank you to ALL the families that have used Milk Diary so far and everyone that has supported me in this journey. There’s still so much to come, stay tuned! 🫶🏽 #OnTheAppStore

milkdiary.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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🎤 KAYA HITS THE HIGH NOTES

🔊 @kayathomas.is is a Dartmouth/MIT grad with 10+ years in mobile dev (her own apps, Slack, Calm). After her daughter’s NICU stay shifted her feeding plans, she built Milk Diary, a privacy-first infant feeding app.
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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@kayathomas.is is back on stage! I've had the privilege of getting to know Kaya over the course of the last few years, last year in particular, and I can't wait for you to learn the incredible things she has to teach!
🎤 KAYA HITS THE HIGH NOTES

🔊 @kayathomas.is is a Dartmouth/MIT grad with 10+ years in mobile dev (her own apps, Slack, Calm). After her daughter’s NICU stay shifted her feeding plans, she built Milk Diary, a privacy-first infant feeding app.
January 26, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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I was working on a little tool for @plinky.app, and realized I could turn it into something useful for other people.

Introducing Skylink. 🎁

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January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Milk Diary, by @kayathomas.is

apple.co/3VlJn3Y

A smart “milk management” app designed to help parents from the newborn stage to their child’s first birthday! 💗🧑🍼📊
‎Milk Diary: Baby Feeding
‎Your Complete Feeding Journey Companion. Track, Store, Schedule. Milk Diary is the essential app for new parents that supports all feeding journeys. Whether you're nursing, pumping, and/or bottle…
apple.co
October 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Milk Diary is available to download on the App Store!

So excited it’s live & I hope it helps new parents more easily manage their baby feeding journey.

This is just the beginning, I look forward to getting feedback from parents & to be able to iterate on the app with them. 💖

apple.co/3VlJn3Y
‎Milk Diary: Baby Feeding
‎Your Complete Feeding Journey Companion. Track, Store, Schedule. Milk Diary is the essential app for new parents that supports all feeding journeys. Whether you're nursing, pumping, and/or bottle fe...
apple.co
September 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thank you so much Veni!!
September 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Product Hunt page for Milk Diary is also up for the launch today, it would mean so much to me if folks would give it an upvote / comment! 🙏🏽💛

www.producthunt.com/products/mil...
Milk Diary: Baby Feeding: Baby feeding journey companion app for new parents | Product Hunt
Milk Diary helps parents manage their unique baby feeding journey. Whether your family is nursing, pumping, and/or bottle feeding, seamlessly track sessions and feeds, manage your milk storage, stay o...
www.producthunt.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Milk Diary is available to download on the App Store!

So excited it’s live & I hope it helps new parents more easily manage their baby feeding journey.

This is just the beginning, I look forward to getting feedback from parents & to be able to iterate on the app with them. 💖

apple.co/3VlJn3Y
‎Milk Diary: Baby Feeding
‎Your Complete Feeding Journey Companion. Track, Store, Schedule. Milk Diary is the essential app for new parents that supports all feeding journeys. Whether you're nursing, pumping, and/or bottle fe...
apple.co
September 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Milk Diary @milkdiary.app is live on the App Store for pre-order downloads! Launching 09.22.2025 🎉

Designed for iOS 26, Milk Diary is here to help new parents manage their baby feeding journey no matter what your journey looks like.

So excited to get this out into the world 💛 apple.co/3VlJn3Y
‎Milk Diary: Baby Feeding
‎Your Complete Feeding Journey Companion. Track, Store, Schedule. Milk Diary is the essential app for new parents that supports all feeding journeys. Whether you're nursing, pumping, and/or bottle fe...
apple.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Even though @kayathomas.is is an expert in notifications she used AlarmKit in her latest app Milk Dairy. It's been 5 years since she talked about Notifications on the show and it's interesting here why she's using AlarmKit instead.
brightdigit.com/episodes/203...
August 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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After half a decade, @kayathomas.is came back to tell me about her new motherhood-inspired app Milk Diary. She talks about using new APIs like Foundation Models, SpeechAnalyzer, and AlarmKit to handle the complex stuff other feeding apps miss.
brightdigit.com/episodes/203...
August 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Kaya Thomas returns after 5 years to discuss her new app, Milk Diary. As a new mom, she focuses on creating a comprehensive baby feeding app. We explore her inspiration, iOS 26 development, Liquid Design, and Foundation Models.
www.patreon.com/posts/milk-d...
www.patreon.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I’m excited to have @kayathomas.is back on to talk about her new app! Have a question about Liquid Glass, Foundation Models, or something else? Let us know.
Since early this year I’ve been working on creating an app I wish I had during my daughter’s first year. So excited to now announce Milk Diary (@milkdiary.app), launching this fall with iOS 26!

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July 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It’s been so fun working on iOS 26 features with Liquid Glass, Foundation Models, AlarmKit and SpeechAnalyzer.

The website is where you can join the list for updates, feature details and opportunities to join the private beta! I’ll also be sharing updates on @milkdiary.app.

milkdiary.com

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Milk Diary App
Feed with love. Track with ease. The milk management app that lightens your mental load.
milkdiary.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Milk Diary (@milkdiary.app) is a baby feeding app with all the tools to help parents with milk management from their baby’s birth to 1st birthday. The app’s mission is to help lighten parent’s mental load during a time that is full of changes.

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July 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Since early this year I’ve been working on creating an app I wish I had during my daughter’s first year. So excited to now announce Milk Diary (@milkdiary.app), launching this fall with iOS 26!

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July 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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So excited to share my WWDC talk with you all, "What's new in Safari and WebKit" 🥳

It covers all the great things our team has been working on for you and I'm honored to be the one to share all these features and updates 🙏🏾

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Ly...
WWDC25: What’s new in Safari and WebKit | Apple
YouTube video by Apple Developer
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thanks Saron!! Definitely gonna check it out 😁
April 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Ooo yum!! Did you use a recipe?
April 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
when I learned what vibe coding was my first thought was “that sounds like a nightmare in production” like how do you maintain the code, fix bugs, iterate on features, improve performance/scalability… if it’s all based on vibes?! 😭 I really hope folks are just using it for fun prototyping
April 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM