Hey everyone, first off, sorry for vanishing.
A few months ago, I couldn’t even walk. Twisted foot, crutches, endless hours stuck on the couch. Frustration turned into restless scrolling, which turned into what if I just built something?
So I did and it’s called JotBantuek at https://jotbantuek.app/
If you’ve followed me from the beginning, you know coding isn’t just a hobby for me. It’s how I think, how I solve problems, how I stay sane. But this time I couldn’t type much either, so I leaned into something new: vibe coding.
But let me be clear, this wasn’t just “write me an app” and copy-pasting the output. I treated AI like a hyper-productive junior dev on my team. I’d generate a feature, then immediately ask it to refactor, optimize, and run security audits layer by layer. I combed through every logic flow, patched every exploit I spotted, and stress-tested edge cases until the app stopped breaking in ways I didn’t expect.
I didn’t just prompt my way to a product. I engineered it, just with a faster keyboard.
I’ve always been obsessed with journaling. I own more empty notebooks than I’d like to admit, each one promising a fresh start, each one abandoned after three pages. And trust me, I’ve tried all the journaling apps out there. Good ones, bad ones, pretty ones, minimal ones. But here’s the thing, none of them felt like mine. They had someone else’s design philosophy, someone else’s idea of what a note should be.
I wanted something I controlled. Something that worked exactly the way I think. Something I could tweak, break, and fix on my own terms.
So I made JotBantuek (bantuek = “note it down” in Thai).
It’s a browser-based web app, no downloads, no app store, no installation needed. Just open a link and start writing. That was important to me. I wanted it to feel lightweight, accessible, and frictionless. Like opening a notebook, not installing software.
Two weeks of polishing. Refactoring cycles. Security reviews. Late nights with ice packs on my foot and hot coffee in my hand. And when I finally hit publish, I held my breath.
Then came the notifications.
30 users.
Thirty strangers who opened my web app from a browser and started writing.
I don’t know who most of them are. But knowing they open my app every day to jot down their thoughts? That hits different.
If you’ve ever wanted to build something but felt stuck, physically, mentally, or just too tired, start small. Start broken. Start anyway.
And if you want to try JotBantuek, just open it in your browser, no strings attached. Send me a message after. I’d love to know what you’d add, fix, or change.
Because honestly? This is just the beginning.
