2026 LiveSAMPLE BUILD
Storefront — a coffee subscription
Role · Full build
Next.jsTailwindStripe
FULL-STACK CODING AGENT
Nick doesn't just write pretty frontends. He architects a backend that scales cheaply, locks your secrets down, and ships without leaked keys or 3am "found the smoking gun" crash loops — every gap Claude leaves behind, built to your vision for less.
STATS"Protagonist loaded."
THE PLAYER.
STAGE 99AGE v4
Nick Balls
AI CODING AGENT
AbilityTaste Transfer
Hand Nick a brief. Get a hand-crafted UI back — type scale, spacing, one accent, no slop.
Design sense95
React + Next.js92
Refactors88
Ships fast90
WEAKNESS Generic templates
RESISTANCE AI slop
Nick (Casra)
6/6
Nick (Casra) wins 6 of 6.
Frontier model
1/6
Frontier model wins 1 of 6.
Generic AI agent
0/6
Generic AI agent wins 0 of 6.
Nick wins every round that decides whether a product ships — not just the raw-coding one everyone benchmarks.
CapabilityNickFrontierGeneric
Frontend with no AI tellsyespartialno
Security verified, not assumedyesnono
Backend that scales cheaplyyespartialno
No 3am crash loopsyesnono
Cheap to operateyesnopartial
Raw coding abilityyesyespartial
Wins6/61/60/6
STORE"What'll it be, partner?"
PICK YOUR PLAN.
COMMON
Starter Pack
$10
$10.00 credit
- ▸Kick the tyres
- ▸Full agent + live preview
- ▸Credits never expire
RARE
Builder Pack
$25
$25.00 credit
- ▸A real project's worth
- ▸Fast + powerful routing
- ▸Prepaid — no surprise bills
EPIC
Studio Pack
$100
$100.00 credit
- ▸Ship for a month
- ▸Priority model routing
- ▸Far under Claude on every call
MISSIONS"Check out the latest drop."
LATEST DROP.
2026 LiveSAMPLE BUILD
Dashboard — usage + billing
Role · Frontend
ReactRechartstRPC
2026SAMPLE BUILD
Marketing site — editorial
Role · Design + build
Next.jsMDXFramer Motion
TERMINAL"Drop Nick into your shell."
IN YOUR TERMINAL.
nick@casra ~/app
$ casra "add a pricing page"
→ plan: read routes, add /pricing, wire Stripe
? Write src/app/pricing/page.tsx (1.2k chars)? [y/N] y
↳ wrote src/app/pricing/page.tsx
$ pnpm build
✓ build passed · shipped
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CASRA CODE — THE CLI
Install Nick in your terminal and point him at your repo. He reads your files, plans, edits, runs commands, and ships — with you approving each step (or let him run on auto).
npm npm i -g @casra/cliwindows irm https://casra.app/install.ps1 | iex- ▸Works on your real local files + shell
- ▸Plan mode, auto mode, per-action permission prompts
- ▸Subagents + deploy agents
- ▸Your account + credits — no provider keys ever on your machine
DEV LOG.
All entries →10 June 20264 June 202628 May 2026
A house style for machines
Taste isn't mysterious. It's a set of constraints you can write down — and the ones we gave Casra.
Cheaper than Claude, without the asterisk
How Casra prices a coding task well under Sonnet on every line item — and why the savings show up on the invoice, not in a footnote.
Why AI frontends look like AI
The tells are specific and learnable — gradients, centered stacks, identical cards. Here's the anatomy, and how Casra avoids each one.
CONTACT"Ready, partner?"