https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ Recent content on Stray Cats Hugo en-us Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/the-cats-nobody-owns/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/the-cats-nobody-owns/ Where this idea started: a house full of cats in Puerto Escondido, and a question about who looks after them. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/the-cat-outlives-us/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/the-cat-outlives-us/ Everything I know about these cats lives in my head and on Instagram. When I leave, it leaves with me. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/many-names-one-cat/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/many-names-one-cat/ Some of ‘my’ cats are clearly well fed somewhere else. I don’t know where, or what those people call them. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/all-talk-no-code/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/all-talk-no-code/ Why I’m deliberately not building anything yet. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/naming-the-thing/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/naming-the-thing/ Every project needs a code name. Here’s how this one got its name. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/a-photo-is-an-introduction/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/a-photo-is-an-introduction/ When people meet a cat, they take a photo. What if that photo introduced them to the cat, and the cat to everyone who could help it? https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/ninja-the-talk-of-the-town/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/posts/ninja-the-talk-of-the-town/ Ninja was skin and bone when I arrived. Not everyone who loves cats can afford to feed them all, so what happens to the ones left over? https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/the-building-blocks/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/the-building-blocks/ Twelve concepts the system will need to understand, long before anyone writes code. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/meeting-a-cat/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/meeting-a-cat/ Meeting a cat should take one photo and feel like a small gift. But the gift is for the cat: every meeting adds to its story and helps the people who look after it. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/cat-identity/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/cat-identity/ How do you model one cat that has three names, two homes and no clear owner? https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/encounters/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/encounters/ Each time someone meets a cat, they add a little to its shared history. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/care-network/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/care-network/ Many people quietly care for the same cats with no coordination. What if they could find each other? https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/education-and-awareness/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/education-and-awareness/ Many of the dangers street cats face come from things people simply don’t know. Awareness may help cats more than any feature. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/lost-and-found/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/lost-and-found/ Many ‘strays’ are someone’s pet, and many pets live like strays. Ownership is a spectrum. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/when-a-cat-goes-missing/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/when-a-cat-goes-missing/ A missing cat is one of the hardest things a person who loves cats goes through. The people who’ve met that cat may be the best chance of finding it. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/privacy-and-safety/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/privacy-and-safety/ Location data about vulnerable animals can be misused. How do we protect them? https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/open-data-and-tech/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/ideas/open-data-and-tech/ Thoughts on how the app could be built, hosted and kept sustainable as a non-profit. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/about/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/about/ What Stray Cats is, where it came from, and what it isn’t (yet). https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/saibo/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/saibo/ This project is dedicated to Saibo, 1 August 2010 – 16 September 2026. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/feedback/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/feedback/ Tell me what I’m missing. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/talk/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/talk/ Book a relaxed 30-minute chat about the cats in your life and your ideas for Stray Cats. https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/whats-new/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://david-williston.github.io/straycats/whats-new/ Been here before? 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