His staff spin up sandboxed dev environments through AI before bothering engineering

Company the AI hooked to Fly.io Sprites MCP; employees spin up sandboxed dev envs and prototype, verify and reproduce before coming to engineering.

How it works

Company the AI connects to a sandbox platform
Employees spin up sandboxed dev environments
Prototype, verify and reproduce there before coming to engineering

Why it’s worth knowing

The sandbox is where bad ideas die cheaply.

Where it’s from

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

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