looks very interesting. a quick question about pricing: do we need to pay for all people in our github organization or can pick a few? we have some bot users, translator access, but only need the review tool for developers.
Show HN: Crocodile - Better code review for GitHub
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Re: Show HN: Crocodile - Better code review for GitHub
#22This looks great! Food for thought on pricing: Because you offer free for open source, there’s minimal need for a free trial for private repos. I would consider requiring a credit card and making it a 14 day trial. My experience selling SaaS in the past is this will net you fewer but much more serious evals, so whenever someone signs up you know they are legit and worth your time to contact and support. That leads to…
generally I agree, but a no-card trial removes friction. I have a few open source projects, but they don’t use much code review or at all compared to the private repo at my company. Yeah I can add a card, but it’s easier to start without it, see if there’s a fit and then decide.
Re: Show HN: Crocodile - Better code review for GitHub
#23This provides better UX but adds one more redirection when you are using github. Do you support features like github suggestions which can be committed easily by author? Given your history with Microsoft and their internal tool which this is inspired by, how long until github copies some of the ideas? How many active users does this have? Are there potential problems you see outside of current product? I remember a s…
> Do you support features like github suggestions which can be committed easily by author? Not right now. The suggestion feature is something I want to add in the future if there's interest though! > Given your history with Microsoft and their internal tool which this is inspired by, how long until github copies some of the ideas? No idea! But CodeFlow had been around for many years before they acquired GitHub so the…
+1 for suggestions. It’s so much more helpful to see a diff and even be able to commit it.
Re: Show HN: Crocodile - Better code review for GitHub
#24My biggest issue with Github code reviews is how broken the "Changes requested" state is. If I request changes, there's no easy way to see that changes have been addressed and are clear for me to look at again.
I end up using open unresolved comments as the basis for changes requested now. It's hard to filter for those though.
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#25I am a bit at odd with the pricing. My team has 6 engineers and base price for Github is $24. Your product would increase our bill by $48, an increase of 200%. $48 is nothing compared to the salaries of 6 engineers but I am not convinced the feature set would make my team more productive. If you told me that your solution help my team ship faster and saves an hour per engineer per week then that's easy math: your pro…
Suggestions: - It sounds like you’re micromanaging your team’s metrics at a rate that’s fractional to one contributor’s hourly cost even though you don’t understand what helps them to be productive. Don’t do that. - You’re asking for a Show HN to eliminate its price tag and give you everything the poster finds valuable for free, and offer an entirely different product. I’m pretty sure you’re not the audience for this…
> - It sounds like you’re micromanaging your team’s metrics at a rate that’s fractional to one contributor’s hourly cost even though you don’t understand what helps them to be productive. Don’t do that.
You are seeing micro-management where I am looking for visibility and automation. I physically cannot micro manage my team.
> - You’re asking for a Show HN to eliminate its price tag and give you everything the poster finds valuable for free, and offer an entirely different product. I’m pretty sure you’re not the audience for this product.
1. OP said feedback was welcome.
2. I already pay for those features on Github. I suggested a different path to a bigger price tag.
3. I realize I am not the target audience. Simply providing a different perspective.Re: Show HN: Crocodile - Better code review for GitHub
#26My biggest issue with Github code reviews is how broken the "Changes requested" state is. If I request changes, there's no easy way to see that changes have been addressed and are clear for me to look at again. I end up using open unresolved comments as the basis for changes requested now. It's hard to filter for those though.
As long as someone re-requests reviews (clicks on the little refresh icon) it should show up again in your pull requests to review.
Re: Show HN: Crocodile - Better code review for GitHub
#27> * Comments float above the code > * Comment on any text selection in the file > * Comments don't get lost when code changes This addresses my main pet peeves with GitHub/Bitbucket reviews! 2 questions: With regards to comments not getting lost, how well does this work across rebases and force pushes? Are you considering supporting other products like Bitbucket and Gitlab?
Comments should get transferred just fine across rebases and force pushes. If they don't, you can let me know using the feedback form at the top right.
Supporting other VCS providers, even non-Git ones, is on my list. The underlying data model is agnostic to GitHub so it's just a matter of having demand for it and doing the work!
Re: Show HN: Crocodile - Better code review for GitHub
#28looks very interesting. a quick question about pricing: do we need to pay for all people in our github organization or can pick a few? we have some bot users, translator access, but only need the review tool for developers.
You can add just the users you want. See: https://www.crocodile.dev/docs#adding-team-members
Crocodile has its own organization and member list. Billing is based on the max number of users in the Crocodile org for the month.
Re: Show HN: Crocodile - Better code review for GitHub
#29Thanks for calling out that this was inspired by CodeFlow, I kept thinking that as I was reading. Still one of my favorite code review tools, used ~2012.
One of my favorite features was a panel with every comment on the PR, sorted and organized by status. Because all files in the PR were preloaded clicking a comment instantly took you to the specific code and version. So good!
Re: Show HN: Crocodile - Better code review for GitHub
#30Thanks for calling out that this was inspired by CodeFlow, I kept thinking that as I was reading. Still one of my favorite code review tools, used ~2012. One of my favorite features was a panel with every comment on the PR, sorted and organized by status. Because all files in the PR were preloaded clicking a comment instantly took you to the specific code and version. So good!
If you click the "Comments ->" link in the meta section on the left nav of the review, it will take you to my version of the comments panel.
A couple improvements I made:
* You can see the whole discussion. The last time I used CodeFlow it only showed one line of the comment which often wasn't enough for me to remember what it was so in practice I always had to click on every single one to see the whole thing. Not a big deal with CodeFlow since it was so snappy as you mentioned.
* It shows a preview of the code that was commented on to provide context.
Thanks for taking a look! Great to see other CodeFlow fans out there.