Building a software factory entirely on a Claude subscription
Here's how I built a software factory that works while I sleep, fixing issues, creating improvements, and opening browser-verified PRs.
AIEngineering
San Francisco, CA
Hi, I'm Pierson.
I'm a software engineer, designer, and the founder of Jellypod. I write about things I find interesting — practical applications of AI, product/design, & generative media tech.
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Leveling Up Agent Browser: Giving Codex the Ability to Test Auth-Protected Pages
I gave my agent a tool to programmatically authenticate itself. Now it can navigate user pages and verify its work with a valid browser session.
EngineeringClaude CodeCodexTesting
Building SpeechSDK: a tiny, provider-agnostic TTS library for TypeScript
Why I built a free, open-source TypeScript toolkit that lets developers easily swap between any major TTS provider.
TTSEngineering
How I Set Up a Preview Environment to Test Agent-Written PRs Without Pulling Locally
Assigning issues to agents that actually create the entire PR is great, until you need to test what they wrote. Here's how we configured an end-to-end preview environment for Jellypod using Supabase, WorkOS, and Vercel to test agent-written PRs without ever testing the code locally.
EngineeringAI
I Vibe-Coded Our Own Internal CRM
It took 2 hours and $25 in tokens. When AI can create software overnight for a few dollars, why spend hundreds per month on SaaS?
AIEngineering