Eric Michiels

Founder of Exploring books, AI and how we learn languages. Sharing ideas worth testing and the questions behind building a business.

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I'm Eric, founder of https://t.co/ZuWVnjGBO4. I write about books, learning, AI and building a business. I'm interested in ideas we can actually try. If you're exploring how to learn or build better, I'd like to compare notes.

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A free language-learning habit: once a month, record yourself answering the same question. "What did you do last weekend?" works.

Playing month 1 next to month 3 is the best motivation I know.

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@vc19makes lets connect.

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Day 2 of 90.

Yesterday: my first post here, our first blog post, and our first company page post.

Today, the harder part starts: doing it again.

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Two files that make Claude Code far more useful for me:

1. A CLAUDE.md with the working rules for the repo
2. A short build spec per feature: goal, screens, data, what done means

Fewer rewrites, and every new session starts with context.

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Carol Dweck's "not yet", applied to software: a learner in our app never sees the word "failed". A skill they haven't mastered is "Not yet practiced".

Small wording choice. For someone nervous about learning a new language, it matters.

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@_mayabuilds @X Hi Maya! 👋 Building Voxeo (https://t.co/rhMV8uEX7q): AI language learning platform for language schools. Let’s connect 🤝

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@MoneyQuotesX Invest in skills, not just savings. A second language, for example, can open doors that money alone can’t. Skills are the kind of freedom nobody can take away from you.

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@MarcelDerau Congrats on the launch! 🎉 Building https://t.co/ZuWVnjG3Yw : a student speaks for two minutes; the AI finds their biggest gaps in fluency, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, then turns them into daily practice for their language school. What does Upbiddr do?

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@dkolosovs Impressive, but deploying isn't the hardest part. Knowing what to build, and getting real users to care, still takes talking to customers. Getting to a live URL is easier than ever, but getting someone to come back to it tomorrow isn’t.

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Starting today: posting every day for 90 days about building an edtech product with AI.

What I build, what breaks, and which tools earn their place.

Day 1.

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@xMezbah Founder building Voxeo: AI speaking practice that shows language students exactly what to work on next. Let’s connect 🤝

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@VectoreeAI @X B2B SaaS here 👋 Building Voxeo: language schools use it to find each student’s biggest speaking gaps and turn them into daily practice. What are you building?

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@peymanme Agreed, small accounts grow faster together. Building Voxeo (https://t.co/rhMV8uEX7q): AI speaking assessment and daily practice for language schools. What’s the SaaS you’re working on now?

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@rodri_shema Building https://t.co/ZuWVnjGBO4 AI that turns a short speaking sample into each language student’s practice plan. The hardest part isn’t the AI. It’s writing feedback that coaches instead of judges. Happy to compare notes 🤝

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@hyeokStory 안녕하세요! 👋 Building Voxeo: AI that helps language students speak with confidence, built for the schools that teach them. Let’s connect and grow together 🤝

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@fedepontehq Building Voxeo for language schools. How we use AI: a student speaks for two minutes, and the AI checks fluency, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, then turns their biggest gaps into daily practice. Curious what you’re building too!

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@bhaskarrbuilds Great pivot. The fastest way to learn design engineering is to ship one small thing end to end, from design to working code. I’m building in edtech (language learning). Happy to connect 🤝

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@b1rkh0ff Building Voxeo (https://t.co/rhMV8uEX7q): AI that listens to language students speak, finds each one’s biggest gaps, and turns them into daily practice. Measure, practice, measure again. Starting with language schools. Happy to connect 🤝

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@miraonpages let's connect

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