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Our company uses codeapprove.com to get a critique (Google's internal review tool) like experience. It's not all the way there, but miles ahead of GitHub

• brightball 4y ago
  Thanks, I’ll check it out!
  • codeapprove 4y ago
    CodeApprove founder here! If you want to chat, my email is in my HN profile.
    • brightball 4y ago
      Thanks!
• gruez 4y ago
  Based on the screenshots on codeapprove.com it looks similar to gerrit[1]. It also looks like gerrit is used for several google projects (eg. android, chromium), so overall it looks like a potential replacement as well. Are there any features that are in codeapprove.com/critique that aren't in gerrit? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_(software)
  • rockwotj 4y ago
    I have never used Gerrit, so I can't speak to it directly. My memory from folk who have worked on both seemed to prefer critique, but I am not sure if that's because of the tight integration with other tools like codesearch, linters, etc or something more fundamental to the review tool itself.
    • surajrmal 4y ago
      Gerrit UX has historically been subpar compared to critique, however it's seen a lot of investment in recent years afaict. A lot of the remaining benefits of critique are largely due to its tight integrations with other Google tools. Critique is fairly malleable so it's possible with enough effort to get a similar experience by integrating with your own tools, but it's definitely something that needs to be staffed to work that well.