I quit learning to code three times.
Not because I wasn't motivated. I had app ideas I genuinely wanted to build. I bought courses, watched tutorials, followed roadmaps. Every single time, I hit the same wall: the resources assumed I already understood something I didn't, and by the time I'd filled that gap, three more gaps had appeared behind it.
Then I stopped trying to learn to code first and started trying to build first — using Claude Code as my development partner.
Six weeks later I had a working habit tracker and an AI-powered calorie tracker on the App Store.
This is the workflow I used, documented chapter by chapter. I've since turned it into a complete book for anyone who's been in the same place I was.
