Speed, Patience & Vibes: Building iOS Apps in Public as a Non-Technical Designer
summary
A non-technical designer builds a native iOS app called Zin using Claude Code and Cursor to generate Swift screens, connects to the YouTube API for lyrics, and stores data in Supabase; the project reaches 4 million TikTok views, gains ~1,300 TestFlight users and ships to the App Store in early January, earns a first small payment, and emphasizes the practical dance between speed with AI tooling and deliberate iteration to make the app actually work.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:04Vibe coding for designers
- 3:52App idea from background
- 8:32AI design speed vs patience
- 13:06Mandarin learning opportunity
- 16:23Choosing dev tools
- 18:50App distribution strategy
- 21:18TikTok data analysis
- 24:06Jin app demo
- 25:29AI code documentation
- 29:42App Store launch
- 30:25Closing thoughts
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