Gloria Djonret@gdjonret

Pocketful Autonomous Engineering Factory demonstrates a different approach to AI-assisted software development: instead of using a single AI coding assistant, we built a coordinated software engineering factory that takes evolving specifications through planning, implementation, independent review, correction, and acceptance. The factory consists of three specialized AI roles: Planner, Implementer, and Reviewer. The Planner analyzes requirements, tracks invariants, delegates work, and controls final acceptance. The Implementer develops the application, validates behavior, runs tests, and produces committed revisions. The Reviewer operates independently as an adversarial quality gate, verifying each implementation against the specification rather than simply trusting the code or existing tests. The core of our system is a closed-loop correction workflow. Passing automated tests is necessary but not sufficient. If the Reviewer discovers a BLOCKER or MAJOR issue, the revision is rejected, corrected by the Implementer, and independently reviewed again before acceptance. This process proved valuable during development. In Stage 3, the Reviewer discovered a historical-state reconstruction defect even after the automated harness passed. In Stage 4, the Reviewer found a refund-import integrity issue after another passing harness run. Both revisions were rejected, corrected, re-reviewed, and only then accepted. Pocketful evolves across four dependent stages, from wallet transfers and payment requests to authorization flows, temporal ledger behavior, refunds, correction batches, and state portability. The result is both a working financial application and a reproducible demonstration of an autonomous AI software engineering organization, backed by agent handoffs, automated verification, independent review, corrective commits, exact Git history, and exported BAND collaboration evidence.

🌎 Online Hackathon | 💻 Online Build: Sept 26 - Oct 5, 2026 A virtual, global hackathon. Build from anywhere in the world. Dark Factory is the official hackathon of WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America, presented by BAND, but you don't need to be in San Jose to take part. For one week, you build a software factory in BAND Desktop: a band of coding agents that plans work, implements it and checks its own results. 🎟️ Bonus for sign-ups: you are eligible for a free ticket to WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America in San Jose (Sep 23–25). If you do go, stop by the BAND booth: a surprise is waiting for you.