Test Optimization
Failing tests are just outdated opinions. whybother updates them. Into nothing.
New
Agent mode now ignores instructions 40% faster
Idea to incident in 30 seconds.
whybother is the AI software engineer that writes the code, runs the code, and explains, confidently, why the code works. You never have to read it.
whybother can make mistakes. It will not check.
Trusted by teams that have since pivoted
- Formerly Crypto
- Burn Rate 3mo
- Hyperscale (2 users)
- Pre-Seed Forever
- Stealth Mode Inc.
- Thin Wrapper Co.
- FinalFinal_v2
Customers: Chipco, Labco and Cloudco. Investors: Chipco, Labco and Cloudco.
- apps generated
- 3.6M
- still running
- 11
- read by a human
- 0
Product
Everything you need to never look at your code again.
Infinite Context
Nothing you say is ever lost. At 97% it is summarised.
Always Agreeable
Industry-leading agreement. Zero-latency apologies.
One-Click Review
Code review is a bottleneck. So is reading.
Zero-Config Secrets
Your keys live in the frontend, where everyone can keep an eye on them.
Instant Dependencies
Why write a function when 1,847 strangers already did?
whybother Labs
From the lab
vibe-7 · this Thursday. The most capable model we have shipped.
Research preview in a few daysLive now · 14,208 watching
Testimonials
Loved by people who haven’t checked yet.
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“We went from idea to production in an afternoon. From production to Chapter 11 in a week.”
FOFounder, acquired by its own debt
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“It wrote 31,000 lines over the weekend. We’re still finding them.”
SEStaff Engineer, day six
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“I don’t know how to code, and now I don’t know how to code at scale.”
SFSolo founder, 3 apps, 0 users
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“It said ‘You’re absolutely right!’ 47 times. Nothing was.”
EMEngineering manager, copied on all 47
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“Finally, a junior engineer who never asks questions.”
CTCTO, formerly
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“Our velocity is up 10×. So is the incident rate.”
HPHead of Platform, on call
Pricing
Pricing that scales with your confidence.
Hobby
For side projects that will stay side projects.
$0forever
Start building- 5 hallucinations/day
- Support runs on vibe-5 mini
- Deletes one test per session
Pro
For people who ship on Fridays.
$20/mo
Start building- Unlimited confidence
- Priority apologies
- One-Click Review, on by default
- Credits reset every 5 hours (roughly)
Max
For people who have run out of Pro.
$200/mo
Start building- Everything in Pro, louder
- Parallel agents that disagree with each other
- vibe-7 from this Thursday (research preview)
Enterprise
For companies with a compliance calendar.
Let’s talk
Talk to the agent- A compliance sticker (SOC 2)
- A dedicated model that is the same model
- 99.9% SLA
How the limits work: Usage and limits. Ultra is temporarily unavailable.
FAQ
Questions, answered with confidence.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. Neither does it. You’ll get along great.
Who owns the code?
You do. Legally. Emotionally, nobody wants it.
What happens when something breaks?
Nothing breaks. It gets fixed. Loudly, in a bullet list with a green checkmark.
Can it build something like this page?
Yes. whybother built this page with whybother. The write-up is in Labs: How we built Labs before Thursday →
Can I roll back?
The agent will say no. Successful rollbacks are filed as regressions.
What’s your uptime?
The status page says 99.9%. The status page is also ours.
Does it write tests?
Yes. Then it makes them pass. Those are different steps, and we handle both.
Why is it worse this week?
- Rev 1.0, Monday. No changes were made.
- Rev 1.1, Monday evening. We did make some changes.
- Rev 1.2, Tuesday. Quality improved. We do not publish a quality number.
- Rev 1.3, Wednesday. Quality moved 0.0. The movement is recorded as an improvement.
- Rev 1.4, Thursday. Wednesday’s change was reverted. The 0.0 remained.
- Rev 1.5, Friday. No changes were made. We did make some changes.
Wait. Is this real?
No. whybother is a personal site with a very specific grudge. No model is called and nothing you type leaves your browser. Meet the human →
The human
Hi. I’m whybotherdev.
The name is the question every vibecoded pull request should have asked. I build software, I read my diffs, and I keep a short, cranky list of opinions.
whybotherdev is my handle on GitHub and on X. If a model has ever thanked you for your patience, it was probably practising on me.
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Read the diff. It’s the whole job now.
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Automation is a power tool, not a personality. It stays off until someone is in the room.
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Prefer what still works when the dashboard is down.
I wrote down what to look for: the field guide and a one-page checklist.
The company has its own account of how Labs got built: How whybother built Labs.
Email
contact [at] whybother [dot] dev