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Code & Chemistry: A Gay Tech Romance.
Silicon Valley meets sweet romance in this charming tale of opposites attract. Mike Anderson, LoveByte's brilliant but skeptical lead developer, has sworn off dating in tech after a devastating startup betrayal. When Josh Taylor, the new UX designer with a flair for disruption, arrives with plans to revolutionize their gay dating app, Mike's carefully coded world crashes in the best possible way. Between heated debates about matching algorithms and steamy moments in the Code Break Room, they discover that love might be the one bug worth keeping in the system. In this witty, warm-hearted romance, they'll learn that sometimes the perfect match requires breaking all the rules—and maybe a few firewalls.
42 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 9, 2025
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November 28, 2025
An enjoyable read with a dating app setting. The team is working on their latest upgrade which has two men working close together... a lot! It's a short but sweet, nicely put together tale.
September 9, 2025
“Josh knows what users want. You know how to make it happen. It’s a perfect match.”
Set in San Francisco, California.
Mike Anderson, 27, is the lead developer for LoveBytes; Josh Taylor is the handsome new UX designer.
Mike’s been with the company since it was a startup in Jason’s (CEO) garage. Jason pairs Mike with Josh to give the app more feeling, more soul—more of what the gay male users want.
Josh has hazel eyes, a big smile, and lots of tattoos.
Gay Tech Bros. 🥰
Meetings for cold brews at The Rainbow Bean. Sharing war wounds from their own dating app histories. Late nights in the office. Thai food.
Mike’s damage.
The presentation. Josh’s profile. 😮 😍
The new matching system.
They are so nerdy and adorable together.
David Chen, Mike’s evil ex-boyfriend, from New Ventures.
Action is fade.
Josh has awesome taste in T-shirts (vintage conferences, vintage Nintendo, ‘HTML: How to Meet Lovers’).
Could be more fleshed out, but does a good job of telling a (mostly) full story in novella format. Something unique and different.
The tech speak, metaphors, and puns are cute without trying too hard.
Sweet ending. Cool story. Nice to have gay men with zero games. 👍🏻
“And before anyone asks—yes, we met through the app. Sort of.”
“The old version matched us as coworkers. The new version matches us as soulmates.”
Set in San Francisco, California.
Mike Anderson, 27, is the lead developer for LoveBytes; Josh Taylor is the handsome new UX designer.
Mike’s been with the company since it was a startup in Jason’s (CEO) garage. Jason pairs Mike with Josh to give the app more feeling, more soul—more of what the gay male users want.
Josh has hazel eyes, a big smile, and lots of tattoos.
Gay Tech Bros. 🥰
Meetings for cold brews at The Rainbow Bean. Sharing war wounds from their own dating app histories. Late nights in the office. Thai food.
Mike’s damage.
The presentation. Josh’s profile. 😮 😍
The new matching system.
They are so nerdy and adorable together.
David Chen, Mike’s evil ex-boyfriend, from New Ventures.
Action is fade.
Josh has awesome taste in T-shirts (vintage conferences, vintage Nintendo, ‘HTML: How to Meet Lovers’).
Could be more fleshed out, but does a good job of telling a (mostly) full story in novella format. Something unique and different.
The tech speak, metaphors, and puns are cute without trying too hard.
Sweet ending. Cool story. Nice to have gay men with zero games. 👍🏻
“And before anyone asks—yes, we met through the app. Sort of.”
“The old version matched us as coworkers. The new version matches us as soulmates.”
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