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The AI runs his dev machine end to end: commits, deploys, checks the smoke tests

Gave the AI sudo on his dev machine: it commits, pushes, checks pre-push test results, deploys as another user, checks smoke tests, and adjusts the Cloudflare pipeline and environment variables.

How it works

  1. He gives the AI sudo on his dev machine
  2. It commits, pushes, checks pre-push test results
  3. Deploys as another user, checks smoke tests
  4. Adjusts the deployment pipeline and environment variables

Why it’s worth knowing

Sudo is the trust line; the smoke tests are the leash.

Where it’s from

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

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