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Joshua Ma

Airplane Autopilot — Rapidly build internal tools with an AI coding assistant

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Autopilot is a context-aware AI coding assistant designed to help you rapidly build internal tools. Use Autopilot to build tasks, complex workflows and custom UIs from scratch using intelligent code suggestions.
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Joshua Ma
Hi Product Hunt! I’m one of the founders at Airplane - we provide a platform for builders to quickly and reliably build internal UIs and workflow automation. Today, we’re opening Airplane Autopilot to the public - it’s our most exciting milestone yet, and I believe it will be the starting point for a new way of building software tooling. Internal tools start simple - and that’s great. You want a table, maybe a form, and some backend logic that runs to read and write data. So you tend to see low-code/no-code tools address this in a specialized manner. However, these tools don’t scale well over time, and you end up hitting a wall when you need to test and version your tools, layer in role-based permissions, or deploy to complex architectures. Airplane takes a code-first approach, which serves this later scenario better, and has—in the past—traded off in initial simplicity. Autopilot changes the math here, because you can now create these code-first tools without writing any code! You can simply ask it to create an Airplane task, create an Airplane view hooked up to said task, add a heading, and deploy - without writing a single line of code yourself. But since it’s code, you can always inspect what Autopilot produces, fix any mistakes, and iterate on it. We’re starting with a chat assistant, and we envision users using Autopilot in a very collaborative fashion. But really we see this as an initial step towards building the underlying AI muscle that will manifest in more places in the future. You’ll eventually be able to go from blank canvas to user dashboard by just asking for it, in quite literally 1/10th of the time it used to take. Autopilot’s gotten a lot better in the last month alone, based on feedback and performance from early testers. We’d love for you to give it a try and we’d love to get your thoughts!
Shrey Jain
Huge ups to the Airplane team! What was finetuning like for the model, to get it to understand the Airplane language. Also, should I just get in there and edit the code if the Autopilot is wrong?
Joshua Ma
@shreypjain We haven't actually finetuned yet - it's surprising how much better we were able to get things with just better context / RAG! A lot of the work is honestly around making our docs better and more indexable. And yes, my favorite part about Autopilot is that it's just doing the same thing you could do yourself, but faster. So there's a collaboration aspect where you can edit and tweak what Autopilot does.
Muhammad Sarmad Hafeez
Looks very well thought. Congartulations on the launch !!! would definitely give it a try. and get back with full scale feedback.
Kris Braun
Airplane has replaced many other tools and subscriptions for us. For example, instead of paying for a waitlisting or referral management service, we easily built something that fits us better in hour. There is definitely a bit of boilerplate work especially mapping fields, which Autopilot should eliminate. And everything remains version-controlled code that can be customized. Amazing!
Priya Patel
@krisabraun Hi Kris! So glad to hear about how Airplane has benefited you and your team! Our goal is to make building internal tools an even faster and more productive process, and we believe Autopilot will do just that! Excited to hear your thoughts and feedback on Autopilot!
Brittany Nickell
congrats, airplane team! we are huge fans over @ dover! i use yall prob 10+ times a day. couldn't imagine handling ops w out it. love to see what yall are continuing to build 🚀
Priya Patel
@b_nick Hi, Brittany! Thanks so much for the support! We're really excited to see how your team uses Autopilot. Thanks again for the kind words :)
Joshua Ma
@b_nick It's been a pleasure working with the Dover team for what's now years - thank you for the continued support and feedback
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@joshuama A big congratulations on the launch of Airplane. Love the sleek interface and speed with which it executes writing the program. From just the short video you posted I see this being a potent tool in any developer's arsenal. Best, @david_mcanulty
Joshua Ma
@david_mcanulty Appreciate the kind words - I truly believe this is going to be the new pattern for how developers build software!
GRADES AI⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@joshuama I agree with you 100%. Not a chance businesses turn down resources that increase efficiency and productivity 100X while exponentially lowering risk by mitigating human error.
David Ongchoco
Congrats on the launch! This will be super helpful for non technical folks and can’t wait to see how we can build more internal tools and workflows with these without needing too much engineering lift.
Joshua Ma
@david_ongchoco1 We're definitely lowering the bar for building able to build! AI makes it easy for anyone to be a builder.
Ayesha Awan
Wow, that's amazing! Autopilot sounds like a great tool for anyone looking to streamline their internal tool development and accelerate their productivity.💯
Priya Patel
@ayesha_awan1 Thanks, Ayesha! Appreciate the support. That's exactly right - with Autopilot, you can build workflows and custom UIs from scratch in minutes using Autopilot's intelligent code suggestions. Autopilot is also context-aware so you don't need any specific knowledge of Airplane concepts. Let us know what you think once you try it out!
Joshua Ma
@ayesha_awan1 Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Sandra Djajic
Biggest congratulations on the launch today! 🚀 Looks really good and thought-out! Keep going guys!!
Priya Patel
@sandradjajic Thanks so much, Sandra! We appreciate your support and please let us know what you think!
Joshua Ma
@sandradjajic Thank you! It's taken a ton of polish effort and it's still just the beginning - I'm really excited about where this is headed. :)
Mian Azan
Greetings on the launch of Aeroplane Autopilot! Building internal user interfaces and automating workflows in this way could change the game.
Priya Patel
@mian_azan Thanks for the support, Mian! Totally agree - and chat is just the start! We plan to integrate Airplane directly into your create, edit, and debug workflows. As you develop in Airplane, Autopilot will autocomplete code, help debug issues, and more. This is an exciting time and Autopilot changes the game for sure!
André J
Can I use my own ChatGPT plus key with airplane?
Carissa Jansen
Airplane is one of the most awesome internal automation tools I've ever used! At my previous company, we used it all the time on the operations team. Congrats on an incredible launch!
Alex Chepovoi
Awesome platform for workflow automation!
Priya Patel
@alex_chepovoi Thanks, Alex! Would love for you to check it out and share any initial thoughts or feedback! We appreciate the support :)
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Congratulations on launching Airplane Autopilot! The whole idea of building internal UIs and workflow automation rapidly and reliably is game-changing. I'm particularly interested in the collaborative aspect of the chat assistant. Is there any specific way you plan to facilitate this user collaboration? Keep soaring!
Joshua Ma
@e__m_c_2 That's a really interesting idea! I see user <> AI as the first "collaboration" - the AI is always available. :) But yes we'd like to eventually have that as shared state, so multiple users can be in the same studio session and chatting with each other / Autopilot!
Dunia
Congrats on the launch! I haven't tested it yet, but I signed up and I'm really impressed with the UX. Quick question, how do we apply the discount code? At checkout?
Priya Patel
@duniachap Hi, Dunia - thanks for taking a look and excited to hear your thoughts and feedback once you check it out! Yes that's correct, you can enter the code at checkout after selecting a plan. Here's out pricing page for reference: https://www.airplane.dev/pricing
Crom Ramen
Brillant idea. No need at the moment, but I have noted your existence in my favorites. And a big fan of the design.
Priya Patel
@bunbeau1 Thanks for taking a look, Crom! You can get started with Airplane for free if you'd like to check it out - let us know what you think!
Joshua Ma
@bunbeau1 No problem at all! Keep us in mind and give us a try when the time is right.
Jeorge
Congratulations on the launch! Just a quick question, do you use a ready-made AI solution for your assistant?
Joshua Ma
@jeorge28 Yes and no. We're using OpenAI models, so that's all handled over API, but we've built our own internal framework for chaining model calls, streaming outputs, etc.
James Jaden
Congrats on your launch! Im thrilled to see the impact this will have on the development community. Keep soaring to new heights. Joshua and team!
Priya Patel
@james_jaden Thanks for the support, James! We are excited to see this impact too - Autopilot will make it much easier to develop internal tools as quickly as possible. Let us know what you think!
Awais Butt
Congratulations on the launch! @joshuama . Can i build the mobile apps with it ?
Joshua Ma
@awais_butt3 Not yet! But we have webhooks and APIs, so you can build the backend of your apps on Airplane to power a mobile app.
Andrei Costea
Looking fantastic! Congrats 🙌
Priya Patel
@andrei_costea2 Thanks, Andrei! Let us know what you think and feel free to share any comments or feedback you have - we appreciate your support!