Julien Danjou 8/26/2025

Building Features One Prompt at a Time

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The article details how the CEO of Mergify, despite not coding regularly, used AI assistance (Claude 4 via GitHub Copilot) to build and deploy the company's new 'autoqueue' feature. He explains his prompt-driven workflow, the challenges of AI context loss, and the surprising result where he only modified 5% of the code. The piece reflects on the implications of AI co-construction for software development speed, quality, and team dynamics.

Building Features One Prompt at a Time

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