February 7, 2026
Two months of building
We started in December with a mobile-first AI IDE and almost no runway. Here's what changed — and why we launched public beta.
Vision
From mobile AI IDE to Figma for code
We completely rethought our positioning. Instead of building another mobile IDE, we set out to become the place where non-technical people build real software — with the power that professionals expect.
Canva for code
Simple and approachable, but the output isn't scalable. Good for MVPs and throwaway prototypes — not secure or robust enough for real production apps.
Photoshop for code
Extremely powerful and versatile — you can build anything. But it's designed for developers. The IDE-based UI makes it inaccessible to non-technical people.
Figma for code
Lovable's simplicity meets Cursor's power. Accessible enough for non-technical founders, robust enough for production apps. No compromises.
What sets us apart
Three fundamental differences
Not incremental improvements — architectural choices that make Strayl a different category of tool.
Built on Git
Strayl is powered by Git under the hood — the same system professional developers use. That gives you separate environments for testing and production, isolated branches per chat so experiments never break your live app, full version history, and safe rollbacks. No other vibe-coding tool does this.
Real team collaboration
Other tools use real-time co-editing like design tools — which causes constant conflicts when AI is rewriting code. Strayl gives each person their own branch. The whole team works in parallel without overwriting each other. Changes go through review before merging — like how real software teams work.
No browser sandbox
The AI gets its own server — a full computer it can use however it needs. You're not limited to web and mobile apps. Build APIs, background services, cron jobs, Python scripts, or anything else — all from the same chat interface.
Timeline
Everything we shipped
All of this happened in roughly two months — from early December 2025 to early February 2026.
New product vision defined
Transitioned from "mobile-first AI IDE" to "Figma for code / GitHub for non-technical people." Defined our core differentiators against Lovable, Bolt, and Cursor. Found our position in the market.
Full infrastructure migration
Migrated our entire infrastructure from vendor-locked, container-based, unscalable setup to a fully serverless architecture. This laid the groundwork for drastically reducing our operational costs and scaling without investor money.
Built our own Git storage
Created a custom Git hosting platform — like GitHub, but designed for non-developers. This is the foundation of our "GitHub for non-technical people" vision, where anyone can manage, version, and collaborate on code projects without needing to understand Git.
Complete UI redesign
Redesigned the entire product interface from scratch — cleaner, more focused, and built around the new vision of making code accessible to everyone.
$5,000 in Cloudflare credits
Secured $5,000 in credits from Cloudflare, giving us enterprise-grade CDN, DDoS protection, Workers, and R2 storage at zero cost.
Best-in-class collaboration system
Built what we believe is the most advanced collaboration system in the vibe-coding space. Branch-based workflows, isolated experimentation, review-before-merge — real software team practices, accessible to everyone.
Custom deployment platform
Built our own web application deployment platform, optimized for TanStack Start — a powerful new full-stack framework. One-click deploys, preview environments, and production-ready hosting built right into the product.
$2,500 in Prisma Data credits
Received $2,500 in credits from Prisma Data Inc. for managed database services — eliminating another major cost center. Combined with the Cloudflare credits and serverless migration, we reduced operational costs by nearly 100%.
Public beta launching this week
All of this leads to one thing: our first public beta launches at the end of this week. Two months from zero runway to a product ready for real users.