The Mom of 3 Who Got Tired of Combining School Supply Lists

Kayla had never built an app before. Eight and a half weeks later, it was live in the App Store.

Every year, three kids meant three school supply lists in three different formats. And every year, she did the mental work of merging them by hand.

She got tired of it. So she built the fix.

In this episode, Kayla Orozco walks through how a conversation designer with zero coding background shipped a real iOS app while working full-time and raising three kids.

You'll hear:

• Why she chose iOS first, and how she decided app over website
• How Claude became her thinking partner and pushed back on her own scope creep
• The one mistake she'd undo (vibe coding everything into a single file)
• Her three rounds of testing, from low-fi prototype to TestFlight beta
• How she handled backend security when Instagram kept telling her vibe-coded apps get hacked
• The two-part pricing model she built, founding member first, subscription later
• What she'd tell you if you have an idea sitting in your notes app right now

Her advice for anyone waiting for the "right time"? Try. Most people never do.

Download her app at schoolsupply.app or search for it in the App Store and PlayStore.