A few months back, CodeRabbit announced a $60 million Series B, and to celebrate, they made a funny video featuring none other than Aaron Francis.
It’s a short mockumentary-meets-sitcom about what really happens when “AI velocity” turns into a PR review backlog.
To bring it to life, we pulled in beloved developer educator (and influencer) Aaron Francis to star as our beleaguered reviewer. He’s the guy who just wanted to ship features faster and now can’t go to the kitchen (or even leave his house at 8 a.m.) without Brad asking about his PR.
And speaking of Brad: the inimitable Austin von Johnson plays him to perfection. Brad’s a developer who can crank out AI-generated PRs at lightning speed but cannot, under any circumstances, wait patiently for a review. His lurking, his post-its, his hoodie PR ambushes… let’s just say he was perfectly committed to the bit.
It's a really great video that you can watch in a few minutes, and in their blog post, they said the problem it highlights is real:
- AI coding tools crank out code faster than teams can review it
- Review backlogs balloon while productivity drops
- Senior engineers get buried in endless PRs
- Review quality is uneven, risk goes up, and you have to deal with more issues
- And suddenly, the promise of velocity feels more like a nightmare.
Check out the full write up on their site and watch the video either here or on YouTube.
