Vanhee runs headless Claude Code against GitHub issues labelled ready, one issue per PR, on an always-on laptop. By his count the loop has opened 82 PRs across six repositories in 13 days; he merged 74, seven are open, and the loop merged…
In the News: October 22, 2026 (Midday)
A developer's unattended coding loop opened 82 PRs in 13 days without merge rights, and a pre-PR checklist shows what it does and does not predict.
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A nightly coding loop opened 82 PRs in 13 days and merged none of them
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