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. The Problem With "Learn First, Build Later" Mobile app development has been evolving for thirty years. In the 1990s and early 2000s, building software required deep technical expertise — compilers, memory management, hardware constraints.…