927: Automating Code Review with AI, feat. CodeRabbit’s David Loker

927: Automating Code Review with AI, feat. CodeRabbit’s David Loker

Author: Jon Krohn September 30, 2025 Duration: 1:19:18
Earlier this year, David Loker joined CodeRabbit as their Director of AI. As more people come to write code with the help of large language models, David believes CodeRabbit will become a helpful assistant for code reviewing and pull requests. He tells Jon Krohn how CodeRabbit assists developers with real-time feedback, as well as the reality of vibe coding, the optimization challenges of agentic AI, and other pressing questions in AI and tech.  This episode is brought to you by the ⁠Dell⁠, by ⁠Intel⁠, by ⁠Gurobi⁠ and by ⁠ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference⁠. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/927⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (01:26) How CodeRabbit helps with coding    (17:30) Context engineering in context     (40:40) How CodeRabbit keeps data secure      (46:10) David’s thoughts on “vibe coding”                              (1:03:04) If machines will ever be truly creative 

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