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James Pond
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Debugging code, capturing moments, reading too much, raising a tiny human, and building privacy-first open source tools. Hi, I’m James! 👋
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Built my first iOS application today, Booktello, a frontend for Librario, a book metadata API that aggregates data from several sources into a single response.

Now let’s hope Apple approves the app for TestFlight. I wonder if they’ll allow that “Download” link. Probably not.

#books #booksky #ios
A screenshot of Booktello showing basic information about the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, like cover, title, series, language, and number of pages. It includes a link to download the book and a link to view prices in different online stores. A screenshot of Booktello showing information about the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, like a description of the book, and a list of genres, moods, and content warnings for the book. It also includes links to buy the book.
January 21, 2026 at 9:47 PM