Answers
Practical answers about building and maintaining software.
Find advice on shipping useful software and keeping it healthy. Learn what to hand over and when. Each answer starts with the problem and the options. Then it says where Keelen fits.
Internal tools
Build a report, form, or workflow alongside your main work.
Send one defined internal tool request to the roadmap of a connected project. The builder or team keeps access, priority, and acceptance. A workspace member you set up can describe a change. They do not need their own GitHub login to do it. Workspace membership does not isolate one tool from another.
Read the internal tools workflow →After the builder
I built my app with Lovable. How do I add features and fix bugs now?
Export to GitHub first, then pick one of three paths: learn to code, hire help, or run an autonomous dev loop on the repo. Honest comparison of each.
Read the answer →How do I maintain my app after launch?
App maintenance comes down to five jobs. See what the choices cost (an agency, a freelancer, or an autonomous loop). Then see how to pick one.
Read the answer →My developer left and I cannot code. How do I keep my app going?
Secure access first, then get the app buildable by someone new. The four options for keeping a live app going without the person who built it.
Read the answer →Make it better
How can I make my app better?
Fix the three complaints your users repeat, ship one improvement a week, and measure one number. What to do first, and who does the shipping.
Read the answer →How do I turn user feedback into shipped features?
Turn user feedback into a bounded Request. Review the changes and checks. Then decide if the result meets what your users asked for.
Read the answer →How do I get people to see my project?
Where to list your app or side project. What to fix first. Why most of the advice you will get is engineering work somebody has to ship.
Read the answer →My app is full of bugs. Where do I start?
Stop guessing which bugs matter. Instrument, rank by users affected, write a failing test first, then fix. The order that actually reduces bugs.
Read the answer →No time, no team
I have no time for my side project. Can AI work on it for me?
Unsupervised AI coding fails without scaffolding. Here is what makes it work, and what a loop can take over on your side project while you sleep.
Read the answer →I am not technical. Can I build and run a software product? Can I do it without hiring developers?
What you can hand to AI, what still needs a human. Then how to keep control of code you cannot read yourself.
Read the answer →I cannot afford a developer. What are my options?
Five ways to get software built without hiring a developer. An agency, a freelancer, an offshore team, no code, or a dev loop. Where each one fails.
Read the answer →How can a small team clear a big backlog without hiring?
Clear a big backlog without hiring. Drop dead tickets, automate the recurring work, then add throughput. Where an autonomous loop fits a small team.
Read the answer →Trust and control
Is there an AI coding agent that waits for my approval to merge?
Yes. The pattern is a human-in-the-loop approval gate. How to enforce it with any agent, and when approval is a setting rather than a workaround.
Read the answer →How do I review code that an AI wrote if I cannot read code?
You do not read the code. You check the proof around it: a test that failed first, an independent review, green CI, and your own try of the app.
Read the answer →Tools and engines
What are the alternatives to Devin?
Devin alternatives fall into four groups. Each one solves a different problem. Find the group you need, and see what each tool does well.
Read the answer →Can I run a whole project from Claude or another AI chat?
MCP servers let an AI agent do more than fetch context. How to run signup, repo connection, requests, and shipped pull requests from a chat window.
Read the answer →Can AI build my Roblox game and keep updating it?
Run a Roblox game on GitHub with Rojo and Luau. Add real tests and reviewed changes. See the asset opt-in and Studio limits.
Read the answer →What does it cost to run an AI coding agent on a real project?
Input tokens drive the bill, and lines of code drive almost none of it. What we measured across 12 controlled runs, and how to estimate your monthly cost.
Read the answer →Can I run an AI coding agent on a free model?
We ran an internal test on a free OpenRouter model. An AI coding agent merged a pull request in 49 minutes for $0.00. It is not open to customer repos.
Read the answer →How do I get my first reviewable result in Keelen?
Take Keelen from login to a reviewable result. Connect your engine and GitHub. Then check billing and setup.
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