A 5-Step Pipeline for Solo AI Development
AggravatingCounter84 · reddit · 2026-07-12
The author shares a 5-step development pipeline designed for AI agents to automate new features overnight:
- Spec: Translate vague ideas into clear specifications to avoid TBDs.
- Plan review: Conduct a plan review before execution; involve multiple reviewers for high-risk tasks.
- Build: Tackle one task at a time, ensuring each step passes code review and testing, and is validated in a live app before proceeding.
- QA: Verify the overall functionality, which must run completely in the real app without major bugs to pass.
- Ship: Finalize using a PR template, run final tests, and log lessons learned during automation.
Additionally, several control mechanisms are integrated:
- cycle log: Records every autonomous decision made by the AI for quick review.
- escape hatch: Stops the process and prompts human intervention if a step loops 3 times without converging.
- patch lane: A lightweight channel for minor fixes, bypassing the full workflow.
The author's core question is whether this pipeline is practical for solo developers or simply over-engineered.
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