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Why is this a service and not an open source project? It doesn't seem to do much other than organize your commits within a PR (could be run once on a dev machin

Why is this a service and not an open source project? It doesn't seem to do much other than organize your commits within a PR (could be run once on a dev machine and shipped in the code, then displayed separately) and builds a dashboard for PRs that's not too far off from what github already offers, but could also be represented with fairly small structured data and displayed separately.

cpan22 6mo ago
Open source is something we're thinking about! We've just been focused on building for now but its definitely not off the table
- pferde 6mo ago
  Translation: we're hoping for an acqui-hire from some rich company, and will opensource this thing if it flops.
- tfrancisl 6mo ago
  "Building" is always easier when you have a community that is ready and able to rout out bugs and suggest new features. Closed source makes that much less practical and appealing for most.
  - cpan22 6mo ago
    Totally get that, still something we're actively talking about! Sort of related to that, we've been thinking a lot about the future of code review for OSS. Its clear with Cal.com going closed source that something needs to change. Would love to hear any thoughts you have
    - tfrancisl 6mo ago
      Cal.com going closed source was, without a doubt, shortsighted and unwise. I would recommend the blog post from the maintainers of Discourse on this.
ramoz 6mo ago
Plannotator, open source runs locally, has code review: https://github.com/backnotprop/plannotator https://github.com/backnotprop/plannotator and a code tour feature about to ship: https://x.com/backnotprop/status/2043759492744270027/video/1 https://x.com/backnotprop/status/2043759492744270027/video/1 - integrated comment feedback for agents - inline chat - integrated AI review (uses codex and claude code defaults) Stage (op product) navigation tour is nice UX, about a day worth of work in addition to the incoming code tour.
- tfrancisl 6mo ago
  this is for AI agent work though. That's cool, but not every team that wants better UX for complex work uses agents. Even if it "just works" for real scenarios, the marketing could be better.
  - ramoz 6mo ago
    Fair. There are users who simply just use the diff and integrated GitHub view/comment/approval-sync experience for local reviews of PRs. But it's _marketed_ as an integrated agent experience.

cpan22 6mo ago

Open source is something we're thinking about! We've just been focused on building for now but its definitely not off the table

pferde 6mo ago
Translation: we're hoping for an acqui-hire from some rich company, and will opensource this thing if it flops.
tfrancisl 6mo ago
"Building" is always easier when you have a community that is ready and able to rout out bugs and suggest new features. Closed source makes that much less practical and appealing for most.
- cpan22 6mo ago
  Totally get that, still something we're actively talking about! Sort of related to that, we've been thinking a lot about the future of code review for OSS. Its clear with Cal.com going closed source that something needs to change. Would love to hear any thoughts you have
  - tfrancisl 6mo ago
    Cal.com going closed source was, without a doubt, shortsighted and unwise. I would recommend the blog post from the maintainers of Discourse on this.

ramoz 6mo ago

Plannotator, open source runs locally, has code review: https://github.com/backnotprop/plannotator https://github.com/backnotprop/plannotator and a code tour feature about to ship: https://x.com/backnotprop/status/2043759492744270027/video/1 https://x.com/backnotprop/status/2043759492744270027/video/1 - integrated comment feedback for agents - inline chat - integrated AI review (uses codex and claude code defaults) Stage (op product) navigation tour is nice UX, about a day worth of work in addition to the incoming code tour.

tfrancisl 6mo ago
this is for AI agent work though. That's cool, but not every team that wants better UX for complex work uses agents. Even if it "just works" for real scenarios, the marketing could be better.
- ramoz 6mo ago
  Fair. There are users who simply just use the diff and integrated GitHub view/comment/approval-sync experience for local reviews of PRs. But it's _marketed_ as an integrated agent experience.