Visibly – More Collaborative and Efficient Code Reviews on GitHub
Hey HN! I’m Nick, the founder of Visibly (https://visibly.dev). Visibly is a GitHub App and Chrome extension that makes code review more efficient, collaborative, and visible by enabling you to: - See review comment thread statuses so that you can quickly address each thread and focus your attention on the ones that actually require it - Indicate whether feedback is blocking or non-blocking so only crucial feedback blocks PR merge - Ensure all blocking review threads are addressed before merge via a status check - Track total active review time per reviewer so that you can…
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Visibly is a GitHub App and Chrome extension that streamlines code review workflows by tracking comment thread statuses, distinguishing between blocking and non-blocking feedback, and ensuring all blocking threads are resolved before merge. It displays reviewer presence and active review time per person, helping teams understand effort distribution across pull requests. The tool includes a metrics dashboard for real-time performance insights, designed for development teams seeking more organized and transparent code review processes.
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Hey HN! I’m Nick, the founder of Visibly (https://visibly.dev). Visibly is a GitHub App and Chrome extension that makes code review more efficient, collaborative, and visible by enabling you to: - See review comment thread statuses so that you can quickly address each thread and focus your attention on the ones that actually require it - Indicate whether feedback is blocking or non-blocking so only crucial feedback blocks PR merge - Ensure all blocking review threads are addressed before merge via a status check - Track total active review time per reviewer so that you can understand the effort and review time going into each PR - See reviewer presence so that you can see if someone is already reviewing and avoid unnecessary pings. In addition to these workflow improvements, Visibly provides a personalized metrics dashboard so you can understand your real-time performance and better advocate for yourself and advance your career. You can see a demo and a breakdown of all of the current features at https://visibly.dev. I created Visibly after seeing the same pain points across Microsoft, Snap, Headspace, and Brex: - Code review was frequently undervalued and invisible. Developers recognized this and prioritized code production instead, which resulted in knowledge silos, poor code quality, and a culture of rubber stamp reviews. - Engineering performance review was broken. From the manager’s perspective, it was difficult to identify top performers and to provide timely, actionable feedback. From the IC’s perspective, feedback was infrequent and subjective around many aspects of the job. The process was also time-consuming and required everyone to sift through 3-6 months of work to quantify “impact and scope”. Visibly solves these issues by using objective measures to make code review more visible and efficient. Visibly values privacy and security above all else; it does not require source code access and requests the fewest possible permissions to provide these experiences. Visibly is also differentiated in its belief that individuals should know how they’re doing and have personalized metrics so that they can advance in their careers. If you use GitHub, you can try Visibly today for free by heading to https://visibly.dev/login. Visibly is currently free, but we plan to introduce paid features and pricing plans soon. Our pricing is still under development, but based on existing customer feedback, we expect to price at $20/seat/month. For those that sign up over the next week, we plan to provide 50% off for the first year once our pricing plans launch. We look forward to your thoughts and feedback!
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