Devin user at $100k+ run-rate questions if coding agent revenues will stick
brandon_galang · x · 2026-09-28
iseff, a heavy Devin user, recounts growing to a $100k+ annual run-rate (with a team member congratulated as a Top 200 Devin user), then hitting friction over BAAs and added capabilities—making him doubt whether coding agents' soaring revenue numbers will stick once power users consider self-rolled alternatives.
brandongalang pushes back: self-hosting your own harness sounds great until the person who built it leaves and the setup breaks in odd ways. Except for teams with strong applied-AI groups, building your own harness is largely a waste of resources and will likely end up far worse than leading providers—cloud harness engineering is genuinely rough, which is why companies like Cognition are scaling fast.
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