The Tod
Team consisting of Michael Pedersen (steele.red — JS/Python, LLM/Docker), Dominic Cicilio (TypeScript/Node, WebVR, RIT), Jonathan Hobson (Staff UX, Astra), frontend and Princeton finance lead.
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Project Description
Website URL: Tod.dev
As a web developer, I often find myself manually testing the same onboarding or payment flow over and over. Writing and maintaining full end-to-end (E2E) tests feels like overkill for small changes, but without them, I waste time logging in as different users and re-testing flows after every update.
Tod solves this. It’s a lightweight CLI tool that lets developers “drive” their web app manually while staying in the flow. The result: less time spent, less cognitive load, and no need to spin up or maintain full E2E test suites. It addresses the market of 19 million global web devs ($4.5B TAM).
Key Features:
Simple to install and use — brew install tod
Free & open source — bring your own API keys
Designed for productivity — test critical flows quickly without setup overhead
Go-to-market strategy: We’re kicking off with a viral meme-driven marketing campaign across X (Twitter) and Reddit to drive awareness and downloads. At scale, Tod can evolve into a subscription product, offering discounted tokens and premium quality-of-life features beyond the open-source base.
Hackathon deliverables:
A polished marketing site
Active social accounts (X and Reddit)
A Homebrew-installable CLI tool
We’ve also successfully completed 2 test cases with developers and received positive feedback so far on functionality, design & UX.
Prior Work
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