@chris.raroque: PART 2/12 ✶ Getting my code reviewed when it’s just me… I picked this up from engineers much smarter than me: don’t let the AI that wrote your code be the only thing reviewing it. Claude and Codex are genuinely good at reviewing code. But asking them to double-check their own work doesn’t mean they’ll catch everything. A separate reviewer, especially one using a different model or a different approach to reviewing, can catch things the original agent missed. So I spent some time looking for something I could add to my workflow and landed on Greptile. Not sponsored, by the way. I honestly don’t know what they’ve done to make it this thorough. Even when I’m using Fable or Astra, it keeps finding things that were missed. That’s the part that sold me. I’m already using really capable coding agents, and this extra review still makes a difference. My current workflow is pretty simple: Before anything gets merged into main, I ask Claude Code or Codex to open a pull request and let Greptile review it. Then I have my coding agent work through the feedback, fix the actual issues, and run the review again. I repeat that until the review reaches 5/5 and the outstanding issues are addressed. Then, once my tests and checks pass, we merge. A 5/5 isn’t a guarantee that the code is perfect. I still test the app myself. But it gives me another opportunity to catch something before my users do. When you’re the only developer, that extra check makes it a lot easier to sleep at night 🥲 It’s one of those things that’s become really hard for me to go back from. Comment “bugs” and I’ll send you a link to the tool I’m using. There’s a free Starter plan, so you can try it without paying 👀 #softwaredeveloper #appdevelopment #solodev #buildinpublic #coding

Chris Raroque

Open In TikTok:

Region: US

Monday 14 September 2026 20:03:50 GMT