I got tired of taking the agent's word for "done" when I'm away from my Mac, so I built a way to run and test the change from my phone
Summary
The author built CosmoRemote, a tool using a bridge daemon and mobile app to remotely build, run, and test code on Mac simulators from a phone, solving the gap in verifying AI agent work while away.
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