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GitHub’s Hidden Gem, Bolt’s Big Promise, and a $5 Challenge
A Better Code Review
Do you regularly review pull requests (PRs) on GitHub? Do you use VS Code? I do, and I’ve never been a huge fan of the GitHub PR interface. Fortunately, I just learned about an official VS Code Extension from GitHub that makes the chore a little less “chorey.” Once you connect with your GitHub credentials (it even supports Enterprise installations), you see all your repo’s open PRs in one place. Simply click on one to expand it and see all the changes. My favorite part is that those changes are shown in context with the rest of the code. No more wondering how a particular change relates to a different, but unchanged, part of the project. You can add comments and make suggestions directly in the review window. When you’ve finished, you can commit your review right from the Description window.
Game Changer from Bolt?
Have you seen all the hype around bolt.new yet? If not, it’s an online AI development tool from StackBlitz. It’s purported to be the next generation of AI-assisted software development. You tell it what kind of software you want, and Bolt will write it for you. You can then ask Bolt to refine the app using plain English. It integrates with both StackBlitz and GitHub. The demos I’ve seen are pretty impressive, but I haven’t…
