Building docs for the Agents (eBay) | Build in public E94

all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my build and public build and public build and public log it’s April 10th 2025 this is going log it’s April 10th 2025 this is going log it’s April 10th 2025 this is going to be a quick one don’t have a lot to to be a quick one don’t have a lot to to be a quick one don’t have a lot to share uh yet uh right now I’ve shifted share uh yet uh right now I’ve shifted share uh yet uh right now I’ve shifted my focus back to working on the docs for my focus back to working on the docs for my focus back to working on the docs for agents code so I want people to sign up agents code so I want people to sign up agents code so I want people to sign up uh you get free credits i know there’s uh you get free credits i know there’s uh you get free credits i know there’s only two agents for now but I want only two agents for now but I want only two agents for now but I want people to try try it out if if there’s people to try try it out if if there’s people to try try it out if if there’s interest in one of these agents interest in one of these agents interest in one of these agents um but there’s no documentation no one um but there’s no documentation no one um but there’s no documentation no one knows how to use the thing i don’t think knows how to use the thing i don’t think knows how to use the thing i don’t think it’s very clear at all the landing page it’s very clear at all the landing page it’s very clear at all the landing page isn’t clear the lack of documentation so isn’t clear the lack of documentation so isn’t clear the lack of documentation so I’m trying to get that done just so I’m trying to get that done just so I’m trying to get that done just so people can see oh okay let me let me people can see oh okay let me let me people can see oh okay let me let me actually try this thing out i was actually try this thing out i was actually try this thing out i was looking at a cool product i didn’t know looking at a cool product i didn’t know looking at a cool product i didn’t know about this until today pretty promising about this until today pretty promising about this until today pretty promising it it it’s a service where they like it it it’s a service where they like it it it’s a service where they like make the make the make the the API documentation for you but the API documentation for you but the API documentation for you but they like make an interactive one so if they like make an interactive one so if they like make an interactive one so if you can see by the example so right in you can see by the example so right in you can see by the example so right in the documentation this is this is kind the documentation this is this is kind the documentation this is this is kind of what I was going for um you know when of what I was going for um you know when of what I was going for um you know when if if you’ve ever tried an API if if you’ve ever tried an API if if you’ve ever tried an API especially um from like a really good especially um from like a really good especially um from like a really good service like Stripe or something like service like Stripe or something like service like Stripe or something like that you know how it sometimes it has that you know how it sometimes it has that you know how it sometimes it has the the like request thing built right the the like request thing built right the the like request thing built right in so you can put in your API key or the in so you can put in your API key or the in so you can put in your API key or the best documentation which I’m going to do best documentation which I’m going to do best documentation which I’m going to do for mine if you’re signed in and you for mine if you’re signed in and you for mine if you’re signed in and you know it knows your sess session you’re know it knows your sess session you’re know it knows your sess session you’re on the same site or domain that you’re on the same site or domain that you’re on the same site or domain that you’re logged in it will even put your API key logged in it will even put your API key logged in it will even put your API key like right in there and you could just like right in there and you could just like right in there and you could just you know hit go right from the browser you know hit go right from the browser you know hit go right from the browser and start making requests this looks and start making requests this looks and start making requests this looks promising uh they actually have a few promising uh they actually have a few promising uh they actually have a few features that I want to use but it says features that I want to use but it says features that I want to use but it says coming and I’m like a come on uh I don’t coming and I’m like a come on uh I don’t coming and I’m like a come on uh I don’t know i’m gonna I think I might give this know i’m gonna I think I might give this know i’m gonna I think I might give this a try the idea is like a try the idea is like a try the idea is like you can like give it your code like for you can like give it your code like for you can like give it your code like for example hono or fast API or something example hono or fast API or something example hono or fast API or something and it will just like make the make the and it will just like make the make the and it will just like make the make the documentation for you based on like documentation for you based on like documentation for you based on like swagger or something very interesting uh swagger or something very interesting uh swagger or something very interesting uh and what’s really what really caught my and what’s really what really caught my and what’s really what really caught my eye for this but it says coming it’s not eye for this but it says coming it’s not eye for this but it says coming it’s not not done yet is it will make the SDK for not done yet is it will make the SDK for not done yet is it will make the SDK for you that’s cool i would really like that you that’s cool i would really like that you that’s cool i would really like that because making the SDK is one thing I because making the SDK is one thing I because making the SDK is one thing I really need to do really need to do really need to do um I don’t know we’ll see so that’s what um I don’t know we’ll see so that’s what um I don’t know we’ll see so that’s what I’m doing uh hopefully tomorrow I’ll I’m doing uh hopefully tomorrow I’ll I’m doing uh hopefully tomorrow I’ll have something if not tomorrow then have something if not tomorrow then have something if not tomorrow then Saturday I will have a documentation Saturday I will have a documentation Saturday I will have a documentation page so you can actually go try out page so you can actually go try out page so you can actually go try out agents um that’s it that’s all right agents um that’s it that’s all right agents um that’s it that’s all right let’s move on to questions and comments let’s move on to questions and comments let’s move on to questions and comments no questions or comments today fair no questions or comments today fair no questions or comments today fair enough um so I was talking to somebody enough um so I was talking to somebody enough um so I was talking to somebody about uh earlier about the 2000s and how about uh earlier about the 2000s and how about uh earlier about the 2000s and how I’ve had an Amazon account since 2005 I’ve had an Amazon account since 2005 I’ve had an Amazon account since 2005 which is pretty crazy uh I had an eBay which is pretty crazy uh I had an eBay which is pretty crazy uh I had an eBay account since the ‘9s when I was a I was account since the ‘9s when I was a I was account since the ‘9s when I was a I was like a kid and I ordered stuff on eBay like a kid and I ordered stuff on eBay like a kid and I ordered stuff on eBay and we were talking about eBay and and we were talking about eBay and and we were talking about eBay and uh it’s funny how eBay just died you uh it’s funny how eBay just died you uh it’s funny how eBay just died you know what I mean like it’s still around know what I mean like it’s still around know what I mean like it’s still around but it really should have been the but it really should have been the but it really should have been the Amazon and they started to do what Amazon and they started to do what Amazon and they started to do what Amazon does now but they did it like in Amazon does now but they did it like in Amazon does now but they did it like in a weird messy way and Amazon kind of saw a weird messy way and Amazon kind of saw a weird messy way and Amazon kind of saw ah let’s do that like a better smart way ah let’s do that like a better smart way ah let’s do that like a better smart way and I don’t know the last I had to order and I don’t know the last I had to order and I don’t know the last I had to order something on eBay like something on eBay like something on eBay like uh I don’t know like a couple years ago uh I don’t know like a couple years ago uh I don’t know like a couple years ago to find some battery for like an old to find some battery for like an old to find some battery for like an old Kindle something random amazon knew but Kindle something random amazon knew but Kindle something random amazon knew but eBay had a bunch of them so yeah we were eBay had a bunch of them so yeah we were eBay had a bunch of them so yeah we were talking about eBay and how that was like talking about eBay and how that was like talking about eBay and how that was like the hot tech company in the mid 2000s the hot tech company in the mid 2000s the hot tech company in the mid 2000s and my very first job in and my very first job in and my very first job in tech was working at a company that eBay tech was working at a company that eBay tech was working at a company that eBay hired so I kind of like almost in a way hired so I kind of like almost in a way hired so I kind of like almost in a way not it was almost like a contractor for not it was almost like a contractor for not it was almost like a contractor for eBay kind of thing you know eBay had eBay kind of thing you know eBay had eBay kind of thing you know eBay had millions and millions of users and they millions and millions of users and they millions and millions of users and they were obsessed with like you know most were obsessed with like you know most were obsessed with like you know most big companies are market research so I big companies are market research so I big companies are market research so I worked at a market research company and worked at a market research company and worked at a market research company and eBay was was like the one big really big eBay was was like the one big really big eBay was was like the one big really big customer and my job this was my first customer and my job this was my first customer and my job this was my first job like I was in college i dropped out job like I was in college i dropped out job like I was in college i dropped out of college to work at the software of college to work at the software of college to work at the software company and I was like given here’s like company and I was like given here’s like company and I was like given here’s like millions of customers for eBay uh go millions of customers for eBay uh go millions of customers for eBay uh go send them emails for to take surveys send them emails for to take surveys send them emails for to take surveys that that that’s how I started uh that that that’s how I started uh that that that’s how I started uh becoming that’s how I became a software becoming that’s how I became a software becoming that’s how I became a software engineer now this wasn’t like do engineer now this wasn’t like do engineer now this wasn’t like do whatever you want it was like okay for whatever you want it was like okay for whatever you want it was like okay for this survey you know send this group uh this survey you know send this group uh this survey you know send this group uh you know c you know of customers emails you know c you know of customers emails you know c you know of customers emails okay for this one do this and I would okay for this one do this and I would okay for this one do this and I would have to like schedule these email sends have to like schedule these email sends have to like schedule these email sends and do everything by hand the email was and do everything by hand the email was and do everything by hand the email was handcoded you know by me with HTML and handcoded you know by me with HTML and handcoded you know by me with HTML and there was mill I mean there’s just there was mill I mean there’s just there was mill I mean there’s just millions and millions of people I I got millions and millions of people I I got millions and millions of people I I got I’ve sent I back in the day of course I I’ve sent I back in the day of course I I’ve sent I back in the day of course I sent myself an email hey take this sent myself an email hey take this sent myself an email hey take this survey and I was like oh that’s I I I survey and I was like oh that’s I I I survey and I was like oh that’s I I I sent this sent this sent this um it was cool but but the thing is is um it was cool but but the thing is is um it was cool but but the thing is is like managing all that data was was a like managing all that data was was a like managing all that data was was a was hell so I I was like I am so lazy i was hell so I I was like I am so lazy i was hell so I I was like I am so lazy i need a way to just like do this faster need a way to just like do this faster need a way to just like do this faster so you know I asked like the the CTO or so you know I asked like the the CTO or so you know I asked like the the CTO or whatever his title was of the company whatever his title was of the company whatever his title was of the company hey how can I automate this oh do this hey how can I automate this oh do this hey how can I automate this oh do this hey how can I automate this and I just hey how can I automate this and I just hey how can I automate this and I just kept going to him he’s like you got to kept going to him he’s like you got to kept going to him he’s like you got to just figure this stuff out like start just figure this stuff out like start just figure this stuff out like start figuring it out on your own and I figuring it out on your own and I figuring it out on your own and I started with like command you know started with like command you know started with like command you know everything was on in the terminal in the everything was on in the terminal in the everything was on in the terminal in the Linux command line and so I would do Linux command line and so I would do Linux command line and so I would do like oneliners to help me do some tasks like oneliners to help me do some tasks like oneliners to help me do some tasks and then I started writing scripts then and then I started writing scripts then and then I started writing scripts then I started writing more scripts and I I I started writing more scripts and I I I started writing more scripts and I I had this thing crazy automated and uh had this thing crazy automated and uh had this thing crazy automated and uh that passion to automate these like that passion to automate these like that passion to automate these like really mundane manual tasks really got really mundane manual tasks really got really mundane manual tasks really got me excited i like that way more than the me excited i like that way more than the me excited i like that way more than the surveys that I had to make because that surveys that I had to make because that surveys that I had to make because that was my job was I had to like program was my job was I had to like program was my job was I had to like program these surveys with like logic you know these surveys with like logic you know these surveys with like logic you know what I mean you coded it with logic and what I mean you coded it with logic and what I mean you coded it with logic and I loved doing the like automation part I loved doing the like automation part I loved doing the like automation part more than more than my actual job and so more than more than my actual job and so more than more than my actual job and so I wrote this crazy I wrote this crazy I wrote this crazy script in in Bash i mean like hundreds script in in Bash i mean like hundreds script in in Bash i mean like hundreds of lines or something that took a really of lines or something that took a really of lines or something that took a really like manual process like that would take like manual process like that would take like manual process like that would take like an hour and it would it automated like an hour and it would it automated like an hour and it would it automated it into it into it into like five minutes two to five minutes like five minutes two to five minutes like five minutes two to five minutes and I showed the C CEO of the company and I showed the C CEO of the company and I showed the C CEO of the company and he looked at me he goes “Do you like and he looked at me he goes “Do you like and he looked at me he goes “Do you like doing making the surveys?” And I said doing making the surveys?” And I said doing making the surveys?” And I said “Nope i I do not i I I always I I prefer “Nope i I do not i I I always I I prefer “Nope i I do not i I I always I I prefer automating things.” And he said “Okay automating things.” And he said “Okay automating things.” And he said “Okay you’re going to be you’re going to be a you’re going to be you’re going to be a you’re going to be you’re going to be a software engineer we’re going to put you software engineer we’re going to put you software engineer we’re going to put you on the software engineering team you’re on the software engineering team you’re on the software engineering team you’re just going to learn as you go.” And it’s just going to learn as you go.” And it’s just going to learn as you go.” And it’s funny i think that’s why I have a funny i think that’s why I have a funny i think that’s why I have a passion for the AI agent stuff because passion for the AI agent stuff because passion for the AI agent stuff because literally my career almost 20 years ago literally my career almost 20 years ago literally my career almost 20 years ago it’s it’s been over 18 years it’s been it’s it’s been over 18 years it’s been it’s it’s been over 18 years it’s been it’s now been 18 plus years i’m that was it’s now been 18 plus years i’m that was it’s now been 18 plus years i’m that was like my first love was like automating like my first love was like automating like my first love was like automating and making automatic uh that’s why I’m and making automatic uh that’s why I’m and making automatic uh that’s why I’m like really into the agent thing because like really into the agent thing because like really into the agent thing because I this is how I started my career i’ve I this is how I started my career i’ve I this is how I started my career i’ve always for almost 20 years been excited always for almost 20 years been excited always for almost 20 years been excited about this and it all started with all about this and it all started with all about this and it all started with all the eBay data all the eBay uh customers the eBay data all the eBay uh customers the eBay data all the eBay uh customers I I had to email it because it was so I I had to email it because it was so I I had to email it because it was so much work it was like so much everything much work it was like so much everything much work it was like so much everything was done by hand everything was manual was done by hand everything was manual was done by hand everything was manual everything was prone to error and the everything was prone to error and the everything was prone to error and the other thing was it was so errorprone other thing was it was so errorprone other thing was it was so errorprone because I up all the time because I up all the time because I up all the time and writing that like like really and writing that like like really and writing that like like really carefully sitting down and writing an carefully sitting down and writing an carefully sitting down and writing an automation and having it like automation and having it like automation and having it like systematically done it led to a systematically done it led to a systematically done it led to a reduction of errors and they were happy reduction of errors and they were happy reduction of errors and they were happy because they’re like “Hey you’re not because they’re like “Hey you’re not because they’re like “Hey you’re not messing up as much.” Because when you messing up as much.” Because when you messing up as much.” Because when you messed up with them it was a big deal messed up with them it was a big deal messed up with them it was a big deal you know there was this was the big you know there was this was the big you know there was this was the big important customer so it’s kind of funny important customer so it’s kind of funny important customer so it’s kind of funny i I kind of owe my career in a in a huge i I kind of owe my career in a in a huge i I kind of owe my career in a in a huge part to to eBay and all the data and part to to eBay and all the data and part to to eBay and all the data and they were such a big deal in the 2000s they were such a big deal in the 2000s they were such a big deal in the 2000s and by this time you know this was the and by this time you know this was the and by this time you know this was the mid to late this was this was getting mid to late this was this was getting mid to late this was this was getting towards the the late 2000s they were towards the the late 2000s they were towards the the late 2000s they were still really big they were like the still really big they were like the still really big they were like the Amazon of the day yeah good old eBay and Amazon of the day yeah good old eBay and Amazon of the day yeah good old eBay and I feel bad I never buy anything on eBay I feel bad I never buy anything on eBay I feel bad I never buy anything on eBay but I don’t know anyways that’s all I but I don’t know anyways that’s all I but I don’t know anyways that’s all I got for today got for today got for today see you tomorrow