Krista Gamble | K.M. Hasling

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The wonderful world of story telling.

  • Introducing First Hook – One Line. One Swipe. One Hook.

    First Hook is a swipe-based story discovery platform that helps indie authors, small publishers, and contest hosts get their stories noticed—one first line at a time. Readers swipe through powerful opening lines, and after six swipes (with at least one “Hooked”), they unlock a full story to read. I built First Hook to make story discovery…

  • Vibe Coding Showdown: Bolt vs. Lovable

    Sure, Bolt was my first experience with vibe coding. But I didn’t choose it just because it was first—I chose it because it let me build like me. I tested the same idea (a puzzle-making app) on both Bolt and Lovable, because both were running a hackathon this month. I wanted to compare the tools.…

  • Pricing Magic and Design Hurdles – Building My AI Hackathon Project

    Last week I called Bolt magic. This week? Stripe earned a standing ovation. When you know what you want—tiers, add-ons, discounts—Stripe just works. It took less than two hours to implement my first pricing page. Monthly vs. annual toggle? Done. Growth tier logic? Seamless. Branded UI? Right there. And it integrated cleanly with everything I…

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