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The non-developer can also kick off a build and test the app.

So they can at least check whether the change does what they wanted it to do.

For this to be useful, the code doesn't even have to be good: think of it as a more accurate way to gather requirements and make a prototype. That's useful, even if you throw away the code.



I've never heard of a nondeveloper having a dev environment set up for testing. Often that can quite technical.


You set it up for them automatically for them. Just like you set up a new environment automatically from scratch each time you run tests or when running the AI. See eg https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/devcontainers/containers or https://github.com/features/codespaces for some established standards for doing this, but you could also roll your own custom system.

GitHub's codespaces also drive home how the customer/user only needs a browser, which even people in legal will have. No additional software required on their end.




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