BuildNotes – turn PRs into how-it's-made posts

Turns scattered PRs, commits, and reviews into readable build-story content

Problem

Developers want to write blog posts or changelogs about how a feature was built, but the details are scattered across issues, PRs, commits, and review comments. Assembling diagrams, before/after shots, and code snippets by hand takes hours, so most people just skip it.

Solution

Point it at a repo or a set of PRs; it pulls the related issues, commits, and reviews and drafts a 'how it's made' post with flow diagrams, annotated screenshots, before/after comparisons, and real code excerpts. The user edits and publishes. Nothing is invented—every artifact comes from real history.

Users

Developer bloggers, indie hackers writing changelogs, and small teams documenting releases

MVP

Connect GitHub repos and read PRs and commits; group related issues/PRs/reviews by feature; auto-draft a post with diagrams and before/after; export Markdown or publish to common blog platforms; manual edit and regenerate

Revenue

Subscription by repo count or generated posts; team tier for multi-reviewer workflows; one-time personal license

Why now

AI-generated content is everywhere, so readers trust build stories backed by real commits. GitHub APIs and code summarization are mature enough for one person to build the pipeline.