<description> &lt;p&gt;Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie and guest co-host Nick Taylor talk with Erik Thorelli and Hendrik Krack from CodeRabbit about how they&amp;rsquo;re rethinking AI-powered code review, why focus beats feature-bloat, the value of transparency, and how CodeRabbit reduces cognitive load for developers while keeping humans meaningfully in the loop.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In this episode:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;(00:00) - Intro&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;(00:45) - Wine rating &amp;amp; review&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;(01:43) - What is CodeRabbit?&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;(05:31) - How CodeRabbit actually works: ASTs, tools, and sequence diagrams&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;(09:20) - Open source: free usage, real-world configs, and community behavior&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;(15:05) - What makes CodeRabbit different from other AI code tools&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;(24:57) - Customizing CodeRabbit&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;(32:53) - What's next for CodeRabbit?&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;(39:55) - Where to learn more about CodeRabbit&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;CodeRabbit: &lt;a href="https://www.coderabbit.ai/"&gt;https://www.coderabbit.ai/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;GitHub: &lt;a href="https://github.com/"&gt;https://github.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Claude: &lt;a href="https://claude.ai/"&gt;https://claude.ai/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;ChatGPT: &lt;a href="https://chatgpt.com/"&gt;https://chatgpt.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Ghostty: &lt;a href="https://ghostty.org/"&gt;https://ghostty.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;iTerm: &lt;a href="https://iterm2.com/"&gt;https://iterm2.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Copilot: &lt;a href="https://github.com/features/copilot"&gt;https://github.com/features/copilot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Cursor Bugbot: &lt;a href="https://cursor.com/bugbot"&gt;https://cursor.com/bugbot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Daneil Roe: &lt;a href="https://roe.dev/"&gt;https://roe.dev/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;VS Code: &lt;a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/"&gt;https://code.visualstudio.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Windsurf: &lt;a href="https://windsurf.ai/"&gt;https://windsurf.ai/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Ember: &lt;a href="https://emberjs.com/"&gt;https://emberjs.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;React: &lt;a href="https://react.dev/"&gt;https://react.dev/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Next.js: &lt;a href="https://nextjs.org/"&gt;https://nextjs.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Vue: &lt;a href="https://vuejs.org/"&gt;https://vuejs.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Svelte: &lt;a href="https://svelte.dev/"&gt;https://svelte.dev/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Parks and Recreation: &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Go: &lt;a href="https://go.dev/"&gt;https://go.dev/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Bun: &lt;a href="https://bun.com/"&gt;https://bun.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Zig: &lt;a href="https://ziglang.org/"&gt;https://ziglang.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Mitchell Hashimoto: &lt;a href="https://x.com/mitchellh"&gt;https://x.com/mitchellh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;HashiCorp: &lt;a href="https://www.hashicorp.com/"&gt;https://www.hashicorp.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;IBM: &lt;a href="https://www.ibm.com/"&gt;https://www.ibm.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Linux Foundation: &lt;a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/"&gt;https://www.linuxfoundation.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Silicon Valley: &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;OpenAI Dev Day: &lt;a href="https://openai.com/devday/"&gt;https://openai.com/devday/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;WWDC: &lt;a href="https://developer.apple.com/wwdc25/"&gt;https://developer.apple.com/wwdc25/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Assistant UI: &lt;a href="https://www.assistant-ui.com/"&gt;https://www.assistant-ui.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Connect with Erik&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Website: &lt;a href="https://www.coderabbit.ai/"&gt;https://www.coderabbit.ai/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;X / Twitter: &lt;a href="https://x.com/esthor"&gt;https://x.com/esthor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Connect with Hendrik&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;LinkedIn: &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/climateadvocateaienthusiast/"&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/climateadvocateaienthusiast/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;X / Twitter: &lt;a href="https://x.com/HKrackDev"&gt;https://x.com/HKrackDev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Connect with the hosts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Robbie Wagner: &lt;a href="https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner"&gt;https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Chuck Carpenter: &lt;a href="https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd"&gt;https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 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Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat

RobbieTheWagner, Charles William Carpenter III, Adam Argyle, and The Radcast Network

Doing One Thing Exceptionally Well: CodeRabbit’s Approach to AI Code Review

DEC 11, 202546 MIN
Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat

Doing One Thing Exceptionally Well: CodeRabbit’s Approach to AI Code Review

DEC 11, 202546 MIN

Description

<p>Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie and guest co-host Nick Taylor talk with Erik Thorelli and Hendrik Krack from CodeRabbit about how they&rsquo;re rethinking AI-powered code review, why focus beats feature-bloat, the value of transparency, and how CodeRabbit reduces cognitive load for developers while keeping humans meaningfully in the loop.</p> <p>In this episode:</p> <ul> <li>(00:00) - Intro</li> <li>(00:45) - Wine rating &amp; review</li> <li>(01:43) - What is CodeRabbit?</li> <li>(05:31) - How CodeRabbit actually works: ASTs, tools, and sequence diagrams</li> <li>(09:20) - Open source: free usage, real-world configs, and community behavior</li> <li>(15:05) - What makes CodeRabbit different from other AI code tools</li> <li>(24:57) - Customizing CodeRabbit</li> <li>(32:53) - What's next for CodeRabbit?</li> <li>(39:55) - Where to learn more about CodeRabbit</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <ul> <li>CodeRabbit: <a href="https://www.coderabbit.ai/">https://www.coderabbit.ai/</a></li> <li>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/">https://github.com/</a></li> <li>Claude: <a href="https://claude.ai/">https://claude.ai/</a></li> <li>ChatGPT: <a href="https://chatgpt.com/">https://chatgpt.com/</a></li> <li>Ghostty: <a href="https://ghostty.org/">https://ghostty.org/</a></li> <li>iTerm: <a href="https://iterm2.com/">https://iterm2.com/</a></li> <li>Copilot: <a href="https://github.com/features/copilot">https://github.com/features/copilot</a></li> <li>Cursor Bugbot: <a href="https://cursor.com/bugbot">https://cursor.com/bugbot</a></li> <li>Daneil Roe: <a href="https://roe.dev/">https://roe.dev/</a></li> <li>VS Code: <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/">https://code.visualstudio.com/</a></li> <li>Windsurf: <a href="https://windsurf.ai/">https://windsurf.ai/</a></li> <li>Ember: <a href="https://emberjs.com/">https://emberjs.com/</a></li> <li>React: <a href="https://react.dev/">https://react.dev/</a></li> <li>Next.js: <a href="https://nextjs.org/">https://nextjs.org/</a></li> <li>Vue: <a href="https://vuejs.org/">https://vuejs.org/</a></li> <li>Svelte: <a href="https://svelte.dev/">https://svelte.dev/</a></li> <li>Parks and Recreation: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation</a></li> <li>Go: <a href="https://go.dev/">https://go.dev/</a></li> <li>Bun: <a href="https://bun.com/">https://bun.com/</a></li> <li>Zig: <a href="https://ziglang.org/">https://ziglang.org/</a></li> <li>Mitchell Hashimoto: <a href="https://x.com/mitchellh">https://x.com/mitchellh</a></li> <li>HashiCorp: <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com/">https://www.hashicorp.com/</a></li> <li>IBM: <a href="https://www.ibm.com/">https://www.ibm.com/</a></li> <li>Linux Foundation: <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/">https://www.linuxfoundation.org/</a></li> <li>Silicon Valley: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)</a></li> <li>OpenAI Dev Day: <a href="https://openai.com/devday/">https://openai.com/devday/</a></li> <li>WWDC: <a href="https://developer.apple.com/wwdc25/">https://developer.apple.com/wwdc25/</a></li> <li>Assistant UI: <a href="https://www.assistant-ui.com/">https://www.assistant-ui.com/</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Connect with Erik</strong></p> <ul> <li>Website: <a href="https://www.coderabbit.ai/">https://www.coderabbit.ai/</a></li> <li>X / Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/esthor">https://x.com/esthor</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Connect with Hendrik</strong></p> <ul> <li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/climateadvocateaienthusiast/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/climateadvocateaienthusiast/</a></li> <li>X / Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/HKrackDev">https://x.com/HKrackDev</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Connect with the hosts</strong></p> <ul> <li>Robbie Wagner: <a href="https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner">https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner</a></li> <li>Chuck Carpenter: <a href="https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd">https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd</a></li> <li>Adam Argyle: <a href="https://x.com/argyleink">https://x.com/argyleink</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Subscribe and stay in touch</strong></p> <ul> <li>Website: <a href="https://whiskey.fm/">https://whiskey.fm</a></li> <li>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603</a></li> <li>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf">https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf</a></li> <li>Overcast: <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603">https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603</a></li> <li>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot">https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch</strong><br>Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? 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