Show HN: A little tool to review and understand PRs more easily (step-review.dev)

1 points by pscanf 1d ago ↗ HN

I use AI to write software, but I'm not yet ready to "let go" of understanding the code, so I made this tool which helps me focus my attention on the things that matter in a PR.

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mattkenefick 1d ago ↗

I was ready to not like this because yet another AI slop tool, but it's actually pretty neat.

mrafcho002 1d ago ↗

Can you run this entirely locally without uploading artifacts to your website?

Looks very neat, but many companies don’t permit pasting code into external websites without approvals.

pscanf 1d ago ↗

It's open source, so yes, though there is no "easy setup" like a Docker image or a Cloudflare template yet.

The artifacts are only kept in your local indexeddb though, so they don't get uploaded. Or well, unless you start a collaboration session, but even then they are encrypted before uploading, and the key stays in your browser (in the url hash), so I can't see any data on my end.

But I definitely understand the concern. Would you prefer it in a Docker image? Or maybe wrapped in an Electron app?

othmanosx 23h ago ↗

Been trying that myself, but my goal is a better overall review surface compared to GitHub https://pyor.review

[dead] vancekai 17h ago ↗

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nixonperinchery 11h ago ↗

The amount of code AI writes today i don't see its possible to read and review that, and understand the code everything line by line. As the time duration in which it writes is like a human could take 1 year which it write in 2 weeks and with that speed one needs to use newer ways to validate the product. Either build a testing and code review systems or use something like bridge-terminal that could help you do that.