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

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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’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.

In this episode:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:45) - Wine rating & review
  • (01:43) - What is CodeRabbit?
  • (05:31) - How CodeRabbit actually works: ASTs, tools, and sequence diagrams
  • (09:20) - Open source: free usage, real-world configs, and community behavior
  • (15:05) - What makes CodeRabbit different from other AI code tools
  • (24:57) - Customizing CodeRabbit
  • (32:53) - What's next for CodeRabbit?
  • (39:55) - Where to learn more about CodeRabbit

    • Links

    • CodeRabbit: https://www.coderabbit.ai/
    • GitHub: https://github.com/
    • Claude: https://claude.ai/
    • ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
    • Ghostty: https://ghostty.org/
    • iTerm: https://iterm2.com/
    • Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot
    • Cursor Bugbot: https://cursor.com/bugbot
    • Daneil Roe: https://roe.dev/
    • VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
    • Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/
    • Ember: https://emberjs.com/
    • React: https://react.dev/
    • Next.js: https://nextjs.org/
    • Vue: https://vuejs.org/
    • Svelte: https://svelte.dev/
    • Parks and Recreation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation
    • Go: https://go.dev/
    • Bun: https://bun.com/
    • Zig: https://ziglang.org/
    • Mitchell Hashimoto: https://x.com/mitchellh
    • HashiCorp: https://www.hashicorp.com/
    • IBM: https://www.ibm.com/
    • Linux Foundation: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/
    • Silicon Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)
    • OpenAI Dev Day: https://openai.com/devday/
    • WWDC: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc25/
    • Assistant UI: https://www.assistant-ui.com/

      • Connect with Erik

      • Website: https://www.coderabbit.ai/
      • X / Twitter: https://x.com/esthor

        • Connect with Hendrik

        • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/climateadvocateaienthusiast/
        • X / Twitter: https://x.com/HKrackDev

          • Connect with the hosts

          • Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
          • Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
          • Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

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