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Devin: what it is and what people actually do with it
An AI software engineer that works through Slack and its own cloud environment. source
I have 20 sightings of Devin. Its most common jobs: Software Development (8), Productivity (5), Sales & Marketing (2).
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Software Development · 8 Productivity · 5 Sales & Marketing · 2 DevOps & Infra · 2 Personal Assistant · 1 Knowledge & Notes · 1 Research & Data · 1
Cases (20)
- Async Devin chores between morning and lunch · Devin · Personal Assistant
An HN commenter kicks off several Devin sessions at morning, lunch and night, then reviews PRs asynchronously instead of babysitting a terminal. - Triage client messages into tickets and replies · Devin · Productivity
A published walkthrough shows A Slack watcher on one client thread triggers a Devin session on each new message. Devin investigates the issue on its… - Hunt jobs, tailor resumes and apply automatically · Devin · Productivity
As described in the source, user described desired job type, schedule and pay to the Resume bot at x.ai. The bot searched listings, ranked them by… - Turn Notion PRDs into scoped Linear tickets · Devin · Knowledge & Notes
According to the write-up, this gallery page only lists short blurbs, not walkthroughs. For the PRD entry, Devin is pointed at a Notion PRD and… - Run freelance website outreach · Devin · Sales & Marketing
Real-world thread: devin shows up in a write-up about run freelance website outreach. The linked post is the primary source for steps and outcomes. - Generate internal dashboards and data migration scripts · Devin · Productivity
Documented elsewhere: a senior backend engineer at a mid-stage SaaS startup, quoted from an April 2025 Hacker News thread, says the team gives Devin… - Try Devin on research tasks (mostly failed) · Devin · Research & Data
From the linked report, answer.AI gave Devin, which works through Slack in its own Docker environment with a browser, editor and shell, two tasks.… - Build a WordPress marketing site from Figma overnight · Devin · Sales & Marketing
From the linked report, bnistordev gave Devin AI access to the Figma file for the new marketing site via MCP. The agent then assembled the full… - Build a deals page step by step · Devin · Software Development
Real-world thread: devin shows up in a write-up about build a deals page step by step, with figures like 10. The linked post is the primary source… - Let an agent start a business from scratch · Devin · Software Development
Toolbox for Devin: Ramp spend card, ElevenLabs voice number, AgentMail, Stripe, GitHub memory. Mandate: invent a business. Result after ~four weeks… - Test features on screen and merge fixed PRs · Devin · Software Development
Case study takeaway: ryan Carson gives DevinAI access to his app via the Test App feature. The agent screen-records and narrates its own clicks… - Split a React Native to Swift migration across agents · Devin · Productivity
From the linked report, jared instructed the master Devin to split the React Native to Swift migration into six independent pieces. The master then… - Hunt business-logic flaws and open fix PRs · Devin · Software Development
As described in the source, parallel agents each take a segment of the codebase and reason across files for business-logic flaws, chained auth… - Explore code to write technical documentation · Devin · Productivity
Real-world thread: fern's only technical writer, Devin Logan, uses the Devin AI engineer, which already has context on all of Fern's repos, to… - Write, review and document code across a product's PRs · Devin · Software Development
One practitioner notes that according to founders, Devin is responsible for handling all ChatPRD PRs and is the top contributor to Gumroad's merged… - Delegate tiny chores to Devin via Slack · Devin · Software Development
A developer fires Devin at small, well-scoped chores from Slack and reviews the resulting GitHub PRs at lunch and end of day. - Ship more pull requests · Devin · Software Development
Documented elsewhere: Devin was pointed at ship more pull requests. devin from iPhone, Slack, browser, GitHub, and Linear are employed by Ryan… - Turn Slack feedback into PRs and debug infra · Devin · DevOps & Infra
From the linked report, at Sid's last company a dedicated Slack feedback channel fed every user issue or request to Devin. Given read-only access… - Surface unanswered emails from the past week · Devin · Software Development
One practitioner notes that the builder wanted to recreate Affinity's Unanswered Emails tab powered by the Gmail API. Devin struggled with… - Test Devin on integrations, migration and security review · Devin · DevOps & Infra
Observed in the wild: answer.AI gave Devin, which works through Slack in its own Docker environment with a browser, editor and shell, about 20 real…
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