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Prev turns local code or Docker into secure, short-lived review environments you can share with clients, QA, and stakeholders. Collect contextual feedback, track approvals and review rounds, protect access, and let environments expire automatically. No production-platform lock-in and no staging infrastructure to maintain.
I’m a developer, and I kept seeing the same strange problem: building a change could be straightforward, but getting it reviewed often became a manual coordination job.
Create or update staging. Send a link. Explain what changed. Set up access. Collect comments from Slack, email, and screenshots. Ask whether the work is approved. Then remember to remove the environment when nobody needs it anymore.
I built Prev to turn that entire sequence into one workflow.
With one CLI command, Prev creates a hosted review environment from source code or Docker. The environment carries its own access controls, context, feedback, approvals, review rounds, notifications, and expiry. Reviewers get a real application instead of screenshots, and developers keep the review connected to the exact version being discussed.
Prev also stays independent of production hosting. You don’t have to move your application or replace the deployment workflow that already works for you.
I’d love to hear how your team currently handles external reviews, especially with clients, QA, or non-technical stakeholders.
the auto-expiring environments thing is genuinely clever, like you actually thought about the "left-it-running-too-long" problem that bites every team. nice execution on the access controls too, feels solid.
It would be really helpful to have a Chrome or VS Code extension that lets you push feedback directly from the browser without needing to switch back to the dashboard. Could speed things up a lot when you're hopping between multiple review environments throughout the day.
Spun up a docker container and had a shareable review link in under a minute, which was way smoother than I expected. The auto-expiring environments feel like a smart default for client work.
The auto-expiry on review environments is a smart move, cuts down on the usual "who forgot to tear this down" mess. Love that it doesn't try to lock you into a specific platform too.
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“Hosted review environments with feedback built in”
Prev was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #157 on the daily leaderboard. Prev turns local code or Docker into secure, short-lived review environments you can share with clients, QA, and stakeholders. Collect contextual feedback, track approvals and review rounds, protect access, and let environments expire automatically. No production-platform lock-in and no staging infrastructure to maintain.
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Steve Rakebrandt
Hi,
I’m a developer, and I kept seeing the same strange problem: building a change could be straightforward, but getting it reviewed often became a manual coordination job.
Create or update staging. Send a link. Explain what changed. Set up access. Collect comments from Slack, email, and screenshots. Ask whether the work is approved. Then remember to remove the environment when nobody needs it anymore.
I built Prev to turn that entire sequence into one workflow.
With one CLI command, Prev creates a hosted review environment from source code or Docker. The environment carries its own access controls, context, feedback, approvals, review rounds, notifications, and expiry. Reviewers get a real application instead of screenshots, and developers keep the review connected to the exact version being discussed.
Prev also stays independent of production hosting. You don’t have to move your application or replace the deployment workflow that already works for you.
I’d love to hear how your team currently handles external reviews, especially with clients, QA, or non-technical stakeholders.