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Comic Code Reviews

https://www.jona.ca/2025/11/comic-code-reviews.html
11•JonathanAquino•6d ago

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JonathanAquino•6d ago
I’ve been experimenting with a way to make code reviews more understandable - turning tricky pull requests into short comic strips.

The blog post shows an example generated from a real PR: summarizing the changes, anthropomorphizing the components, and making the flow visually obvious. It’s meant to help reviewers grasp intent quickly and make reviews a bit more fun.

Curious whether others have tried visual or narrative aids in their review process, and whether this could be practical for real teams.

treetalker•10m ago
This could be a fun way to educate the judge about why my opposing counsel's position is laughably wrong.

Sadly, the fun would end with a reprimand or sanctions order. Cf. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43866303 ("Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits").

Might work for bringing associate attorneys up to speed in a new case, or for teaching concepts to law students, though!

joshdavham•13m ago
You actually might be on to something... AI aside, it's often a good idea to include visuals in a PR such as diagrams.

But having something like a comic where it's both visual and communicative in a more conversational/narrative way could prove pretty effective. Also if you can throw some humour in there, it could potentially add even more comprehensibility, etc.

Thanks for sharing!

antonvs•10m ago
It seems to me the level this comic is at is such that anyone who needs an aid like this would not be capable of providing a meaningful review on the pull request.

If the goal is to encourage rubber-stamping by bystanders, it might help.

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