Bullet is a coding agent built for speed. We got tired of burning hours waiting on agent runs. The models were fine, but the loops around them were slow. Bullet auto-picks the right model/reasoning level per prompt, parallelizes searches/reads/commands, and uses targeted code search instead of embedding your whole repo. Works with your Claude Code or Codex subscription, API keys, or an on-device model. 95.8% on SWE-bench Verified (top 3), 119s/task. Built by Yale CS grads, ex-AppLovin/Citadel.
Hey everyone, my name is Alex Sima and I am the CTO of Bullet.
Like the post said, we built Bullet because Claude Code and Codex were too slow. Our YC partner said we should solve a problem we face ourselves, so we decided to go big or go home (guess we decided to go small and lightweight but ok).
We now only use Bullet internally...and personally, I can't go back to using Claude Code. If you hate slow coding agents, join the club: https://www.codewithbullet.com.
You can bring your subscriptions over, so it's free speed -- enjoy :)
About Bullet on Product Hunt
“30-60% faster than Claude Code and Codex”
Bullet launched on Product Hunt on August 11th, 2026 and earned 113 upvotes and 12 comments, placing #5 on the daily leaderboard. Bullet is a coding agent built for speed. We got tired of burning hours waiting on agent runs. The models were fine, but the loops around them were slow. Bullet auto-picks the right model/reasoning level per prompt, parallelizes searches/reads/commands, and uses targeted code search instead of embedding your whole repo. Works with your Claude Code or Codex subscription, API keys, or an on-device model. 95.8% on SWE-bench Verified (top 3), 119s/task. Built by Yale CS grads, ex-AppLovin/Citadel.
On the analytics side, Bullet competes within Productivity, Developer Tools and Vibe coding — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Bullet performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Bullet?
Bullet was hunted by Garry Tan. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Bullet including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Garry Tan
Hey everyone, my name is Alex Sima and I am the CTO of Bullet.
Like the post said, we built Bullet because Claude Code and Codex were too slow. Our YC partner said we should solve a problem we face ourselves, so we decided to go big or go home (guess we decided to go small and lightweight but ok).
We now only use Bullet internally...and personally, I can't go back to using Claude Code. If you hate slow coding agents, join the club: https://www.codewithbullet.com.
You can bring your subscriptions over, so it's free speed -- enjoy :)