I learned how to read by myself, mostly by pressing random k...

I learned how to read by myself, mostly by pressing random keys on Microsoft Word and then calling my mum and asking:

“Does this make a word?”

Now, years later, my 2.5-year-old and I were practicing some letters on Pages. At some point, she got upset. She had typed a duck and a toilet emoji and she expected them to merge into a new one according to the context, something like a pooping duck.

So I created a less-is-more kind of web app:

• a free type canvas (that also follows the words added in the parent space)

• a match-the-letter page

• smiley generation

What I’m also weirdly happy about is the auth screen. Almost all the text is faded until the user types those specific letters, as if they are learning those letters and they slowly become visible.

I think I can finally call myself: Vibe Dad.