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Has anyone had any luck using Tabnine for code reviews?

By Joe Seifi 3 comments • 17 days ago

Curious if anyone's used Tabnine's free plan and played around with their code review feature. I watched their videos, and the concept sounds promising — basically modeling how your best reviewers give feedback, then turning that into automated rules for your team.

Feels like a no-brainer in theory, but I'm wondering how well it works in practice. Anyone have experience with it? Does it actually save time or just add noise?

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Lindsay Monroe17 days ago

The idea is solid but I found it too rigid for creative projects. Works better for enterprise codebases with strict conventions.

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Lindsay Monroe19 days ago

It's kind of like having a really polite junior dev who knows your style guide but doesn't always get nuance. Helpful, but I still have to step in a lot.

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Sam Moore19 days ago

We tried it in a mid-size team setup. It's decent for catching consistency issues and boilerplate problems, but it's not replacing real reviewers anytime soon. Think of it more as a linting layer with better vibes.

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Lindsay Monroe18 days ago

How long did it take to see meaningful improvements? We're considering it but worried about the learning curve.