Many hands at once
Several coding chats work at the same time, each in its own copy of the code, so they never trip over each other.
Software factories
A factory is a small team of AI agents that builds what you ask, checks its own work, and hands you pull requests to merge.
“Add dead-link checking to our bookmarks.”
It splits the goal into pieces and agrees how they fit together.
Each piece gets its own coding chat, on its own branch.
Bots read every change and send problems back to be fixed.
Pull requests wait for you. Nothing merges on its own.
You pick the roles once. Every run uses the same team.
Several coding chats work at the same time, each in its own copy of the code, so they never trip over each other.
Reviewer bots read every change and send problems back. You get work that has already had a second look.
Run a reviewer on a different model from the builder. They catch different mistakes.
Bug fixes start with a failing test that proves the bug, then the fix that makes it pass.
Watch the run, answer questions and give go-aheads from any browser.
Everything runs on your computer, on your own Claude or Codex subscription. No API bills.
We gave factories real open issues from three popular open-source apps.
Things the reviewer bots caught before any pull request:
“Other users’ link status leaks onto shared pages.”Reviewer, on a privacy leak. Fixed, test first.
“I found one bug that can leave a transfer pair half-linked.”Reviewer, on a bug fix that wasn’t done yet.
“The new pop-up test would most likely still pass with the Escape fix removed.”Reviewer, on a test that proved nothing. Rewritten, and shown to fail without the fix.
Factories are in every plan, from $10 a month. Bring your own Claude or Codex subscription.