Spend leftover Claude and Codex quota on small pull requests
A founder built a bot that turns spare subscription tokens into pull requests for small tasks he never gets around to.
Agree on PR rules before a teammate sends a 5,000-line vibe-coded PR
A developer wrote about his business partner sending a 5,000-line vibe-coded PR he had not tested.
- Difficulty
- BeginnerOur rating
- Time to build
- n/aOur estimate
- Monthly cost
- Not reported
- Revenue
- Not reportedWe only show revenue the source states
- Engagement
- No public countThe source shows no number
What they did
yhcj describes receiving an untested 5K-line AI-generated PR from his business partner.
How it went
The post sparked an HN discussion about review norms.
Worth knowing
Agree on PR size limits and testing before everyone uses agents.
Builder recipe
Our own starting point, written from the source. Adapt it to your setup.
Stack
- PR template
- CI tests
Steps
- Set a maximum PR size.
- Require tests and a self-review note.
- Have the agent split big changes.
Starter prompt
Split this change into PRs under 400 lines, each with tests and a note on how I verified it.Tags
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