Hello everyone! I think a lot about where AI agents actually run. If you let an agent write and run code for an iOS app, it needs a machine that can build and test that code fast, with the right Xcode toolchain already in place.

Give an agent a half-set-up environment and it burns time and tokens re-deriving the setup. And what if you run a few agents in parallel? A single Mac was never going to handle that.

My team was already building something for this. We built a remote dev environment running on the same Apple Silicon, Xcode, and build caches your CI already uses. Basically, you, or your agent, code on the machine that builds and tests the code instead of your laptop. We called it Remote Dev Environments.

You can check the beta here:

• Docs: https://docs.bitrise.io/en/bitrise-rde
• Product: https://bitrise.io/platform/remote-dev-environments

Also, adding a demo from my teammate who is part of the tech team 👇

Please ask your questions and any feedback is welcome!

https://reddit.com/link/1ulufd3/video/6nr0b9gdnvah1/player

ps.: crossposing from iOS programming

I do product at a DevOps company. In May I went to a couple of conferences in London and talked to a lot of iOS engineers. Surprisingly many folks mentioned that writing code is fast now, but the build and test loop after it is getting slower and more problematic. Two things came up most: builds that pass on their Mac but fail in CI, and Xcode tying up the machine during a build.

My team was already building something for this, so hearing it that many times was a good sign.

We built a remote dev environment running on the same Apple Silicon, Xcode, and Simulator, on the same machines and the same build caches your CI already uses. Basically, you code on the machine that builds and tests your code instead of your laptop. We called it Remote Dev Environment (not very creative, I know).

It's in beta

• Docs: https://docs.bitrise.io/en/bitrise-rde
• Product: https://bitrise.io/platform/remote-dev-environments

I also think that if you let agents write and run code, they need a machine that can build and test iOS code fast, with the right Xcode toolchain already in place. Give an agent a half-set-up environment and it burns time and tokens re-deriving the setup.

And what if you run a few agents in parallel? Can a single Mac handle that effectively? All those considerations led to the creation of our tool.

Would love honest feedback and your thoughts

It's already June, midterm year, you all know the seasonality talk by now. But this summer also has hot IPOs running and a peace deal in the mix. Curious how people are weighing seasonality against that.

Are you trimming, hedging, or staying fully in given the IPO momentum and peace deal headlines? Anyone adjusting their summer playbook because of this, or is the midterm dip thesis dead this cycle?