Publications

ABBAQ Publishing

Books and collections published by Lionel Charpentier, founder of ABBAQ — from the story of building F0K to great classics rewritten for today.

Proof, not theory

A documented case, not a claim

Concept on May 9, 2026; first commit on June 5; live on the App Store on July 17 — 42 days of build time. Lionel Charpentier — founder of ABBAQ, no background in software development — designed, legally protected, translated and published a mobile app on the App Store. (The Android build is still under review on Google Play.) With artificial intelligence as his only tool.

42
days, from first commit (June 5) to launch (July 17)
815
time-stamped commits as of launch day
$1,500
total cost, including trademark protection
The story

Three Brains, No Memory

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US Edition

How I built and published an app without knowing how to code — and what the machine taught me by saying no. The AI refused the initial concept, flagged a criminal-liability risk on one feature, and caught a fake influencer list it had itself generated.

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French edition — Le vendredi où la machine a dit non

The same story, in French: 229 pages written from the project's 815 timestamped commits.

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The practical guide

From Idea to the App Store

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US Edition

The method for building an app without knowing how to code, drawn from a fully documented real case: tools, steps, pitfalls avoided — and a few worth keeping.

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French edition — De l'idée à l'App Store

The same method, in French.

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Collection — Classics in Three Hours

The great novels, rewritten for today

Complete novels, rewritten sentence by sentence in today's language — not summaries, not school abridgments — meant to be read in one sitting, in one evening.

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Les Misérables

Victor Hugo — novelistic adaptation in contemporary French. 211 pages, four parts, followed by an original critical apparatus.

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The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas — second title in the collection.

Coming soon
Collection — Forgotten Classics

Texts that deserve a second life

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Equality of Men and Women

Marie de Gournay (1622) — Montaigne's adoptive daughter, one of the earliest feminist voices in French literature.

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Collection — Foreign Novels Forgotten or Never Translated

Works the French-speaking readership has never read

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Umrao Jan Ada

Mirza Hadi Ruswa (1899) — the first major Urdu novel, never translated into French.

Coming soon
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Aşk-ı Memnu (Forbidden Love)

Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil (1899-1901) — great classic of the Turkish novel, never translated into French.

Coming soon
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Singoalla

Viktor Rydberg — Swedish novel.

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Collection — Works the English-speaking readership has never read

Classics unavailable in English

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Eugene Onegin

Alexander Pushkin — Russian classic, adapted for readers who have never encountered it in English.

Coming soon

Discover F0K, the app born from this story

Friends of Konfidence — the safety-among-friends app designed and published by ABBAQ.

Discover F0K