Use Telegram to steer remote app fixes and releases
A commenter used Gemini through Telegram to handle bug fixes, tests, and app releases on a MacBook they left running.
- What they did
- They set up a Hermes agent with full access to their MacBook, then sent instructions from Telegram while away from the laptop. The agent carried out software work on the machine itself, including tracking down bugs, running tests, and preparing releases, without anyone touching the computer directly during those steps.
- How it went
- They said this setup let them handle those app tasks from elsewhere, as long as the MacBook stayed powered on. They did not share performance numbers, tooling details, or a concrete failure case beyond general worries raised in the discussion about privacy and mistaken outputs.
- Tips
- Keep the machine on if you want the remote workflow to keep working. Use a clear approval step before anything that would send, publish, delete, or release changes.
Try it yourself with Gemini
I’ll be away from my laptop but can message you through Telegram. Watch the [project/repo name] on my MacBook at [computer location], and when I send a bug report, inspect the code in [repo path], identify the likely cause, patch it, run the relevant tests, and summarize what changed and what passed or failed. Pause and ask me for explicit approval before you do anything irreversible, including shipping a release, sending code, deleting files, or submitting changes. After each major step, send me a short status update with your findings and the next action you want to take.
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