<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>TWYN Blog — Behind the kits</title><description>How TWYN kits get built, tested, and shipped. Software that runs on your machine.</description><link>https://shop.twyn.shop/</link><language>en-ie</language><item><title>We tested a kit on a ten-year-old laptop. Here&apos;s what broke.</title><link>https://shop.twyn.shop/blog/we-tested-a-kit-on-a-ten-year-old-laptop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shop.twyn.shop/blog/we-tested-a-kit-on-a-ten-year-old-laptop/</guid><description>The whole point of a kit is that it works on the laptop people actually have. So we installed ours on the worst machine in the house.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>kits</category><category>testing</category><category>behind the scenes</category></item><item><title>What goes in a kids coding kit (and what stays out)</title><link>https://shop.twyn.shop/blog/what-goes-in-a-kids-coding-kit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shop.twyn.shop/blog/what-goes-in-a-kids-coding-kit/</guid><description>Building a Christmas kit for a 7-year-old taught us most of what we know about restraint. Scratch, real code, and the discipline to leave stuff out.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>kids</category><category>kits</category><category>christmas</category></item><item><title>Why every kit ships with an uninstaller</title><link>https://shop.twyn.shop/blog/why-every-kit-ships-with-an-uninstaller/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shop.twyn.shop/blog/why-every-kit-ships-with-an-uninstaller/</guid><description>Most software companies hide the exit. We build it in. On trust, lock-in, and why the software you buy should never take hostages.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>kits</category><category>trust</category><category>philosophy</category></item></channel></rss>