Andrei Antal

Can a copywriter with no real app-building experience build a profitable app and escape his 9–5? We shall see.

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

I’m trying to escape my 9–5 by building apps.

I don’t really know where this goes yet.

So I’m going to build, test, fail, learn and share the whole thing here.

First experiment starts now.

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@dantegaleazzi Will consider this next time 😂

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

Building an app with AI is wild.

I spent hours getting my GLP-1 tracker’s UI right in Figma.

Then I asked AI to build it.

The result looked like Figma’s cousin who was told about the design over a phone call.

Now we’re rebuilding it in SwiftUI.
Progress, I guess.

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@_alphashark_ It got… 🥁 nothing 😂😂

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

I feel like no one talks about failure on this platform.
So here's my failed project.

I launched Nullbase, a NaaS (nothing as a service) company. It does nothing. It offers nothing.

Just a satire for all these SaaS, building in public posts.
https://t.co/qDfOMVeWUj

wbu?

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@The_CozyDev I can't understand why our brains go straight to making us feel shitty about not being productive 100% of the time 😂

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

The more time I spend building the app in Claude Code, the more I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing.

Patience is a virtue... I guess.

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@imedrichards Trust me, that’s actually a lot. Keep going! 🙌

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

Day 6 of building this app while being 5 months into actually using a GLP-1. And I’ve realised I don’t actually want another app that tells me: “Great job! You logged your injection.”

I want the app to tell me something I can actually learn from. So that’s what I’m building.

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@ericcosulea congrats! lets see the next post with the first paying user :D

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@leo_mercerr keep at it bro!
i'm currently at
0 apps built
17 followers
1 very hopeful dream 😂

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@manu_zurcher It helps when you actually have the skill to design and code everything by hand. When you lack those and only have an idea and the drive for it (my case), AI becomes critical - the important task is to use AI to create something that doesn't feel like slop.

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

I’ve always wanted to understand my appetite 1 day before getting a new glp shot.

Always wondered why? How? Why now?

This will definitely be something inside my glp app.

Food for thought 😂

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

Update: i think I might have a name 😂 dunno why, but Cadence sounds nice to me 🤷

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

Day 5 of building my GLP-1 app.

I started with: “I’ll just make a simple tracker.”

5 days later I have:
A Notion OS.
A content system.
A research database.
And approximately 47 tabs open.

The app?
Still working on that part 😂😂😂

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@DanKulkov but also the most soul-sucking...

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@rafkramer @JohannOvermeer @LouisOvermeer did you create the videos yourself? or were they ugc? what did your videos look like?

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@nestymee Feels more like winning the lottery scenario 😂

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@mazault The right 9-5 can feel like a hobby/ side project 😂

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

Day 4 of building my GLP-1 app.

The weird thing about being both the user and the person building the app:

I keep finding things I want to track.

Then I ask myself:

“Would I actually want to log this every day?”

Most of the time, the answer is no 😂😂😂

[Andrei Antal @AntalAndrei]

@JustinasRoland0 🙌