Build logs

Real projects built with Workbenches: what they cost, how long they took, how good the result is, and what we changed in the Workbenches along the way.

Build log Oct 26, 2026

Building Vault with three Workbenches

We built a Doppler-style secrets manager from an empty repo with three Workbenches, then hosted it for our own team, fixing the Workbenches as we went. Here's what it cost, how long it took, and how good the result is.

model cost, every run included $43.70
Workbench runs, 33 of them building features 61
total run time, start to finish 16.9 h