The AI Native Dev - from Copilot today to AI Native Software Development tomorrow Instant PR Feedback Without leaving GitHub | Merrill Lutsky on Graphite
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Oct 21, 2025 
Merrill Lutsky, Co-founder and CEO of Graphite, delves into the future of code review and AI's role in it. He discusses how AI dramatically increases the volume of pull requests and how Graphite's Agent provides instant feedback, helping catch bugs and enforce rules. Merrill also highlights the importance of context in AI reviews and the evolving role of developers as orchestrators of these technologies. He emphasizes that code review remains critical for knowledge sharing and learning, even as AI tools advance.
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Stacked PRs Decouple Development And Review
- Graphite built stacked PRs to decouple development and review so authors keep developing while reviews happen in parallel.
- This workflow reduces review bottlenecks and makes large changes digestible for reviewers.
AI Agent Provides Instant, Contextual PR Feedback
- Graphite Agent gives instant feedback on PRs to catch bugs, nits, and style issues before humans intervene.
- The agent also enables live collaboration on PR pages to iterate faster with contextual code searches.
Strengths And Limits Of AI Code Review
- Graphite's reviewer excels at finding subtle bugs, style violations, and security issues that humans or type checkers can miss.
- It still struggles with high-level architecture, end-to-end validation, and underrepresented languages like Kotlin.