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Looking for a few engineers to help test a lightweight PR review tool

Hey folks đź‘‹

I’m one of the founders of Hikaflow. We’re building a lightweight tool that acts as a second pass on pull requests, helping with code review, testing signals, and other repetitive engineering checks, especially for individuals and small teams.

We’re at a stage where the product is ready, but instead of launching broadly, we want to learn directly from real engineers working on real code.

Right now, we’re looking for:

  1. Solo developers or small teams
  2. Active GitHub projects (public or private)
  3. People who use PRs regularly and move fast

This is not a pitch, and there’s no obligation. The goal is simply:

  1. You try it on a real PR
  2. We see what works, what doesn’t
  3. You give brutally honest feedback

If this sounds interesting, comment here, happy to share more context or answer questions.

Appreciate this community a lot, and excited to learn from you all.

on January 6, 2026
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    This sounds like a real pain point — especially when PR review overhead grows faster than code complexity.

    Curious — as engineers start testing it, what’s the first concrete behavior you’re treating as a signal that the tool is actually reducing review friction?

    For example:

    • reviewers finishing a PR in one pass instead of revisiting later
    • fewer “can you clarify this?” comment cycles
    • engineers choosing this view over GitHub’s default even when they don’t have to

    I’ve found those early behavioral shifts usually show up well before teams can confidently say “this saves us X hours.”