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Listen·Apr 20, 2026·1 min read

Ep 07 | My App Broke

Three failed attempts at vibe coding a language learning app taught me something I didn't want to admit: not having an engineering background isn't just an inconvenience, it's a real wall.

So I changed direction. I subscribed to Claude Code and Cowork to actually learn how to build an app properly and document the whole thing as I go.

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Pieter Borremans

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Pieter Borremans

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Based in Taichung, Taiwan and London, UK, this is Pieter's personal journal and builder's blog: field notes on entrepreneurship, solo business-building, and the unfiltered reality of creating online. Alongside it, he's chasing one absurd goal in public, $168M USD in lifetime earnings, tracked live from zero.