Developer builds 5-agent AI design tool, solves progress-tracking with stateless logic

·1 views

A developer built Vibes AI, a five-agent design co-pilot powered by Google Gemini, for the All Things Agentic Hackathon. The system takes a brief and uploaded photos, then autonomously generates finished, editable multi-page layouts using agents for orchestration, image editing, image generation, and design. To handle long unattended runs, each page was made an independent job chained transactionally, so a failure on one page does not discard completed earlier pages. The developer initially tracked progress via a dedicated database record, but found it drifted out of sync whenever pages were manually changed. The final fix was to derive progress directly from page content — a page counts as designed if it contains any non-background element — eliminating the stale-state problem entirely.

Read the full story at DEV Community

This is an AI-generated summary. ShortSingh links to the original source for the complete article.

Discussion (0)

Cloudflare Workers and Twilio Power Zero-Cold-Start Voice Alert Routing Engine

A Chilean teleassistance and DevOps alerting platform has detailed how it built a high-availability voice routing engine using Cloudflare Workers and Twilio to eliminate cold-start latency. The system serves two use cases: routing domestic SOS alerts to family guardians via the Senior Safe product, and waking on-call engineers during infrastructure incidents. To prevent false delivery confirmations caused by voicemail pickups, the platform requires an explicit keypress via IVR before marking an alert as acknowledged, automatically escalating to the next contact if no input is received. The ingest layer runs on V8 isolates at the edge, ensuring millisecond response times without the boot delays associated with traditional virtual machines or containers. The team has open-sourced integration scripts in Bash, Python, and Node.js to help developers connect the pipeline to their own monitoring tools.

0 comments Read more at DEV Community

ProgrammingHacker News ·

Autonomous, a YC F25 Startup, Is Hiring Engineers

Autonomous, a startup from Y Combinator's F25 batch, is currently recruiting engineers. The job listing was posted on Hacker News, a popular platform for tech industry opportunities. The post has received no comments or upvotes at this time. No further details about the roles, compensation, or company focus were provided in the listing.

0 comments Read more at Hacker News

ProgrammingDEV Community ·

Developer Builds AI CoachBot on Grok to Track Fitness, Diet, and Protein Goals

A developer shared how they built a personalised health and fitness bot called CoachBot using Grok, designed to address struggles with weight management after becoming a parent of twins. The bot was given details about the user's home gym equipment, daily schedule, weight loss goals, and dietary habits to offer tailored advice. Throughout the day, the user logged meals and received real-time feedback, discovering their protein intake was far below the minimum needed for muscle building. CoachBot suggested small adjustments, such as adding chia seeds to yogurt, and recommended specific high-protein products for future shopping. The developer highlighted the bot's personalised approach as a key advantage over generic health videos, podcasts, and blog posts.

0 comments Read more at DEV Community

ProgrammingDEV Community ·

Study: Romanian Local Business Websites Lag on SEO, Trust Signals, and Conversion

A technical audit of 100 homepage websites belonging to local businesses across 10 Romanian cities evaluated 28 signals covering SEO, UX, and conversion readiness. Basic infrastructure scored well, with 92% using HTTPS and 91% configured for mobile, but researchers noted these are now baseline expectations rather than competitive advantages. SEO fundamentals showed gaps: while 95% had a title tag, only 61% fell within the recommended character range, and just 69% included an H1 heading. Conversion elements were weaker still, with only 50% featuring a clear call-to-action and 56% offering a contact form despite most sites displaying phone numbers. Trust-building content was the most underdeveloped area, as only 28% of sites displayed clear trust indicators such as testimonials or client references, and just 30% included a portfolio section.

0 comments Read more at DEV Community