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Generate internal dashboards and data migration scripts
A backend engineer says their team uses Devin for internal dashboards and migration scripts, treating output as a starting point that saves about four hours of boilerplate.
Time saved
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Setup time
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Running cost
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Use case overview
A backend engineer says their team uses Devin for internal dashboards and migration scripts, treating output as a starting point that saves about four hours of boilerplate.
Reported experience
What they did
A senior backend engineer at a mid-stage SaaS startup, quoted from an April 2025 Hacker News thread, says the team gives Devin internal dashboards and data migration scripts. Nobody expects production-grade code. Devin works asynchronously in a sandbox, usually taking tasks from Slack or a ticket, and the team treats what it produces as a working draft.
How it went
The engineer says it reliably saves about four hours of boilerplate. The article says this is an extrapolation from 25–45 minutes saved per task, and it gives no controlled data.
Worth knowing
Review and prompting overhead is reported at 10–20 minutes per task, so the net gain is smaller than the headline figure. The $500/month team price is also quoted.
Example prompts
In [path to repo], build [an internal dashboard showing X / a migration script moving data from X to Y] using [framework or database]. Treat this as a first draft: get it working end to end with sensible structure, then list anything you assumed or left rough. For the migration, run it only in dry-run mode against [test database] and show me the planned changes before anything real is touched.
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