But code review is more than just reviewing diffs. I need to test the code by actually building and running it. How does that critical step fit in to this workflow? If the async runner stops after it finishes writing code, do I then need to download the PR to my machine, install dependencies, etc. to test it? Major flow blocker for me, defeats the entire purpose of such a tool.

I was planning to build always-on devcontainers on a baremetal server. So after Claude Code does its thing, I have a live, running version of my app to test alongside the diffs. Sort of like Netlify/Vercel branch deploys, but with a full stack container.

Claude Code also works far better in an agentic loop when it can self-heal by running tests, executing one-off terminal commands, tailing logs, and querying the database. I need to do this anyway. For me, a mobile async coding workflow needs to have a container running with a mobile-friendly SSH terminal, database viewer, logs viewer, lightweight editor with live preview, and a test runner. Diffs just don't cut it for me.

I do believe that before 2025 is over we will achieve the dream of doing real software engineering on mobile. I was planning to build it myself anyway.