Agents built his telecom company's billing system and the tools his team now uses daily

Built with agents over about a year: a production billing system for his small telecom company, a multiplatform app, internal tools in use, and a coding agent harness now used by non-technical colleagues.

How it works

Agents build over about a year
A production billing system for his telecom company
A multiplatform app and internal tools
A coding agent setup his non-technical colleagues now use

Why it’s worth knowing

The non-technical staff use the agent setup too, not just the builders.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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