AI & Software Development

From Voice Notes to Production Code: Yes, You Can Ship from WhatsApp

September 3, 2025

Some of the best ideas don’t happen at a desk. They come mid-conversation, on the go, or while you’re talking something through. One of our users recently showed us what it looks like to capture that moment of inspiration and turn it directly into working code — using a WhatsApp voice note.

From voice to Code(gen)

Andy Bromberg, co-founder of Eco Inc., recorded a short note describing the need to clean up scattered prompts across their app. Within a minute, Codegen launched a run to:

  • Scan WhatsApp routes for hardcoded prompts
  • Check other surfaces like email, chat, and tools for stray prompts
  • Move everything into a centralized LLM config
  • Update the code so prompts pull from config instead of being hardcoded

All of it was triggered from a single voice message — no IDE, no manual setup.

Codegen is where you are 

Whether it starts in Slack, Linear, GitHub comments — or even a WhatsApp voice note — Codegen takes the input and turns it into production-ready code. And while Codegen doesn’t yet have a direct WhatsApp voice integration, here’s how such a workflow could work today:

  1. Record a note describing requirements (e.g., “Create a React component for user profiles”).
  2. A speech-to-text service (like OpenAI Whisper) transcribes the audio.
  3. Middleware (n8n, Zapier, or custom API) formats and routes the transcription to Codegen.
  4. Codegen analyzes context, generates code, and creates PRs or implementation plans.
  5. Codegen’s output is sent back into WhatsApp with code snippets, PR links, or explanations.

Type less, code more

Voice-driven development may sound futuristic, but it’s part of a larger shift already underway: programming is becoming multimodal. Text, chat, voice — they’re all just inputs. What matters is that the AI system can understand your intent, process it in the context of your codebase, and deliver production-ready outputs.

That’s the future we’re building toward at Codegen. Fewer barriers, fewer delays, and workflows that adapt to how developers actually think and work.

See it for yourself — try Codegen for free or schedule a demo to get started.