Zero Coding Background, One Shipped Product — Here's My Path to Building This
In 2024, I left a company that had promoted me twice in three years. I was Head of Operations. Stable job, good trajectory. I left anyway.
The first month after quitting, I lost all my savings trading forex and stocks. Every dollar. Gone.
The second month, I had a baby.
Sixty days. That was my exit from "stable career woman" to "starting from zero with a newborn."
A year later, I went back to work. Six months in, I quit again — this time to travel to Beijing and speak up for two minors who had been abused and had no one fighting for them. I'm not going to pretend that was a smart career move. But I couldn't not do it.
So here I am. Almost two years out of traditional employment.
But I didn't waste that time. I taught myself AI tools, learned product thinking, and vibe coded an actual product and shipped it — with zero coding background. It's live. It has real users.

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Comments (2)
Inspiring story, Heyley! I sincerely wish you success with your product.
Heyley, wow. From zero coding to a shipped product with real users, while going through all of that? That's not your regular "build in public" story, that's a real life story. Welcome to SaaS Hive!
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