Publish: The $5,000 AI Coding Experiment: What 1,000 Devin Tasks Taught Us

[harshikaalagh-netizen]

Article Ready for Publication

Title: The $5,000 AI Coding Experiment: What 1,000 Devin Tasks Taught Us
Author: Yujong Lee
Date: 2026-02-13
Category: Engineering

Branch: blog/devin-ai-review
File: apps/web/content/articles/devin-ai-review.mdx

---

Auto-generated PR from admin panel.

[netlify]

✅ Deploy Preview for hyprnote-storybook canceled.

Name	Link
🔨 Latest commit	1fe1e33
🔍 Latest deploy log	https://app.netlify.com/projects/hyprnote-storybook/deploys/698f4d885be6e30008d23448

[netlify]

✅ Deploy Preview for hyprnote ready!

Name	Link
🔨 Latest commit	1fe1e33
🔍 Latest deploy log	https://app.netlify.com/projects/hyprnote/deploys/698f4d8846bbc20008b4a6b7
😎 Deploy Preview	https://deploy-preview-3948--hyprnote.netlify.app
📱 Preview on mobile	Toggle QR Code... Use your smartphone camera to open QR code link.

---

To edit notification comments on pull requests, go to your Netlify project configuration.

[github-actions]

Grammar Check Results

Reviewed 1 article.

Is Devin AI Worth It? We Spent $5,000 to Find Out

📄 apps/web/content/articles/devin-ai-review.mdx

The article is well-written overall with clear structure and good examples. The main issues are: one em dash on line 26 and another on line 44 that should be replaced with regular dashes per your style rules, and minor clarity improvements (line 76: 'at the right timing' should be 'at the right time'). The content is coherent, engaging, and maintains consistent tone throughout. No significant grammar or spelling errors detected.

Found 6 issues:

📋 Other

Line 11

Devin

This line contains a proper link format - no issue here. However, check if link text in bold should be handled differently in your style guide.

📋 Suggested fix (click to expand)

**[Devin](https://devin.ai/)**

💡 Clarity

Line 27

Real example: John, my co-founder, identified an issue with our AI prompts and tagged Devin to fix it. Devin fixed it, but the approach was non-optimal. Since AI prompting is something I work on, I jumped into the same thread with more context. Devin figured it out based on my additional input, finished the PR, and it got merged.

This is a long sentence that could be split for clarity, but it is grammatically correct. Consider breaking into two sentences for readability.

📋 Suggested fix (click to expand)

**Real example:** John, my co-founder, identified an issue with our AI prompts and tagged Devin to fix it. Devin fixed it, but the approach was non-optimal. Since AI prompting is something I work on, I jumped into the same thread with more context. Devin figured it out based on my additional input, finished the PR, and it got merged.

Line 85

Pro tip: We encoded this knowledge as an "offload agent" on how to use Claude CLI. Mentioning "consult smart friend" (something Devin uses as a prompt internally) helps Claude CLI get called at the right timing.

Replace 'at the right timing' with 'at the right time' for more natural phrasing

📋 Suggested fix (click to expand)

**Pro tip:** We encoded this knowledge as an "offload agent" on how to use Claude CLI. Mentioning "consult smart friend" (something Devin uses as a prompt internally) helps Claude CLI get called at the right time.

Line 91

In Hyprnote, we focus on supporting multiple providers for language and speech model inference as part of our open-source effort. Early on, we spent time designing and documenting flexible, clean interfaces. This worked well for future contributions and community involvement.

This paragraph is grammatically correct but slightly wordy. Consider simplifying, though this is not a critical issue.

📋 Suggested fix (click to expand)

In Hyprnote, we focus on supporting multiple providers for language and speech model inference as part of our open-source effort. Early on, we spent time designing and documenting flexible, clean interfaces. This worked well for future contributions and community involvement.

🔸 Em Dashes

Line 35

The agent isn't replacing us—it's joining the conversation where it's already happening.

Em dash should be replaced with regular dash or the sentence should be rewritten

📋 Suggested fix (click to expand)

The agent isn't replacing us - it's joining the conversation where it's already happening.

Line 53

As a small early-stage startup, there's always a lot going on. We're handling day-to-day work while thinking about what's next—new features, product direction, how the codebase should evolve. That's why it's extremely helpful to dump all of this into an async coding agent and let it figure things out.

Em dash should be replaced with regular dash or the sentence should be rewritten

📋 Suggested fix (click to expand)

As a small early-stage startup, there's always a lot going on. We're handling day-to-day work while thinking about what's next - new features, product direction, how the codebase should evolve. That's why it's extremely helpful to dump all of this into an async coding agent and let it figure things out.

---

Powered by Claude Haiku 4.5

[graphite-app]

The iframe is wrapped in triple backticks, which will render it as a code block (plain text) instead of an embedded video. The YouTube video will not display.

Fix: Remove the triple backticks:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UojsNSbhm6o?si=2UEgp4KmILzbzrcD" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Spotted by Graphite Agent



Is this helpful? React 👍 or 👎 to let us know.