Shipping Production From My Phone
I was out running some errands when I got an idea for a new topic for Interview Aloud.
Nothing fancy. Just one of those “this would be useful” thoughts.
From Idea to PR (on a Phone)
I opened ChatGPT and discussed the topic briefly to shape it better.
Then I thought: why not just add it now?
I opened the GitHub mobile app, edited a Markdown file, committed the change, and opened a PR.
The project is intentionally set up so that:
- Content lives in Markdown
- Any MD change triggers a Next.js build
- Static pages and OG images are generated automatically
- Docker images are built and pushed on merge
So after the PR was merged, the build pipeline did its job flawlessly.
The Deployment Bottleneck
There was only one problem.
Deployment was still a manual step on my personal server.
Which meant I couldn’t finish the loop from my phone.
That’s when it became obvious: this is exactly what Vercel is good at.
Letting the Platform Do the Work
I integrated Vercel with the repository, transferred the domain, and removed the last manual step.
From that moment:
- Push to main
- Automatic build
- Automatic deployment
- Live site
No SSH. No servers. No laptop.
A Small but Powerful Realization
All of this — idea, content, PR, merge, deployment — happened from my phone.
This isn’t about productivity hacks.
It’s about designing systems that don’t depend on you being at a desk.
Modern tooling makes this possible.
Our job is to wire it together properly.
And when you do — it just works.