Why I Stopped Debugging And Started Screaming

How Did We Get Here?

I’m a college student. I’ve got lectures, labs, assignments, and an ever-growing pile of PDFs I’m supposed to read. And most days, I’m either walking between classes, at the gym, or in the dining hall with earbuds in and zero motivation to stare at my phone.
So I started listening to my classes.

I convert my lecture slides into PDFs and then use AI text-to-speech tools—or NotebookLM’s podcasting tool—to turn them into audio I can listen to while I’m out and about.
But sometimes, I want to look at the actual slide I’m listening to. Maybe the AI voice garbled a diagram. Maybe I missed something. And that means I have to go digging through Canvas module folders, click four links deep, and open a janky web PDF viewer.

I tried a bunch of audiobook players and PDF readers. Some are great for commercial books, but none of them will let me actually pair the audio with a text file.

So I’m making my own. With:
– No prior knowledge.
– No app dev training.
– No preexisting knowledge in Swift.

Just me, Xcode, and sheer determination to make the app of my dreams.