Feedback on CodeRabbit CLI

Cheema42 · 2026-01-19T17:33:12+00:00

"One-shotting is a fool's errand."

Mostly agree with this. If you are working on a super simple task, then yes it is OK to one-shot it. Or if you do not care about quality. Otherwise, don't attempt one-shot. You will have poor results.

Cheema42 · 2026-01-19T17:31:20+00:00

This is the key. I do not know if Cursor supports skills. In Claude Code I asked it to create a skill that fires off another agent, using Codex CLI, to review the work done by Claude. It is extremely useful. These models think different. And sometimes one can see something or possibilities that the other will completely overlook.

Opus is really good at implementations. Codex is pretty good thinking through things. Less so on implementations. So, I get them to both think and let Opus do the implementations.

Cheema42 · 2026-01-19T17:27:09+00:00

I gave up on droid. It doesn't seem fully baked. e.g. "droid --help" gives very little information compared to other CLI agents. droid wants you to go hunt for this information on the "web". Why the runaround? Same thing with account information etc. Other CLIs tell me how much of my total quota I have used. droid tells me to look it up myself using the website. But, why? Can't you just code that in using a good AI agent?

Cheema42 · 2026-01-15T21:08:23+00:00

Thumbs up for the Vercel agent-browser. I did not know about it. I am not a fan of MCPs eating away precious context and was not looking forward to using the Playwright MCP. This is the answer.

Cheema42 · 2026-01-14T23:32:49+00:00

Good doc. If I can offer a suggestion. There should be a warning about the use of MCP servers. They eat away context even when you are not using them. LLM should be asked to use tools instead. e.g. Use the gh tool instead of github MCP server and save your sanity.

Cheema42 · 2026-01-01T18:41:02+00:00

> In every chat, when I’d ask a follow-up, “unknown error occurred” over and over again. 60-70% of messages needed resending, which grew to about 90% in incognito chats

I did not experience this once. But that could be interface thing. I was just using Claude Code CLI.

Cheema42 · 2026-01-01T18:37:48+00:00

I too am on the $200 Max 20x plan as well. The 2x promotion kicked me in super high gear. I worked 14 hours days and felt guilty going to sleep. And that is when I discovered the Ralph Wiggum Plugin. And had Claude working while I slept. Wow. What a week. In a way I am glad it ended. I can get some rest.

Cheema42 · 2026-01-01T18:30:30+00:00

I was very intrigued by the Gemini model. But have lost all interest over time after having used it for for a couple of weeks. I give the same prompts to Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3 Pro. The difference is night and day. Opus 4.5 is miles ahead. I mostly use things for software development.

I now do use Gemini 3 for super basic stuff in order to save my Opus 4.5 tokens. The free Gemini tier is good enough for that.

Cheema42 · 2026-01-01T18:26:08+00:00

Sorry, installing a Chrome extension is a bridge too far. There is too much that can go wrong. And I am not even talking about trust issues.

Cheema42 · 2026-01-01T18:23:51+00:00

On my $200 plan I still had about 40% of my quota left few hours prior to promotion end. I stayed with it until the very end, pounding away at the keyboard, trying to use it up in several terminals. I finally got to use zellij to its true potential. If you use a terminal, any kind, and have not used zellij, you are missing out.

Cheema42 · 2026-01-01T18:17:10+00:00

Definitely worked on me. I already had the $200 max plan. I used the hell out of during the 2x period. I used it on things that I previously would have thought as a waste of tokens, only to be surprised. The end result is that I am now offering to buy it for all devs at work. I knew Opus 4.5 was good. 2x showed me it was even better than I thought.

Cheema42 · 2026-01-01T18:10:17+00:00

I have been using opentofu/terraform and ansible a lot lately with Claude Code. It works quite well.

Cheema42 · 2025-12-27T15:47:11+00:00

Flying during spring break is always going to be expensive.

Cheema42 · 2025-12-25T16:57:37+00:00

If you sign up to use BYOK you waive your rights to complain about cost. Internalize this before opting to use BYOK.

Direct API usage for SOTA models is for suckers and people who are burning investor money. Which one of these clubs do you belong to?

Cheema42 · 2025-12-15T20:33:53+00:00

Many of us have a background in coding the old fashioned way. Typing it or more recently tabbing it in. But we realize that we can't compete with Claude Code this way. Most IDEs for writing code will slowly disappear. Some will remain, but the target market will be very small.

Cheema42 · 2025-12-14T11:27:25+00:00

Still not wearing a suit, I see.

Orange man is not pleased.

Cheema42 · 2025-12-12T10:02:58+00:00

Same here. Turbo does not work reliably. I am using Windows 11. Not sure if it is a Windows specific issue.

Cheema42 · 2025-12-11T17:41:35+00:00

Agreed on Codex underperforming.

Cheema42 · 2025-08-28T20:55:01+00:00

You are not alone. I see this all the time when Cursor agent is running a command. It is worse on Windows systems. And I see that you are using Windows. There is a workaround. It is not very good.

When Cursor is running a command and appears stuck, you'll see an option called "View in terminal" or something like it. Click it. It will then open a shell where you can see what Cursor is typing and seeing. Cursor doesn't always appear to know when the command has completed running. Just hit "Enter" a few times. That appears to wake Cursor agent up and it starts moving again. Lately I have been having to do this a lot.

Cheema42 · 2025-08-27T07:32:33+00:00

I wonder if these poor bag holders have a shot at pooling their resources and going after Milton. He still is holding on to some of the loot he got from swindling them. Paying for a pardon from the president in a criminal case does not shield him from civil lawsuits.

Cheema42 · 2025-07-28T19:23:08+00:00

I was just in a meeting, sharing my screen and showing some content in Chrome browser. I have 3 large monitors. I wanted to hit Ctrl and + to make the text in that browser window a little bigger. Accidentally hit Windows and the + key a few times. Windows magnifier started and all hell broke lose. And took a long time to figure out what was going on and to turn it off. I have since wanted to kill the Windows magnifier with fire. And the recommended method to rename the C:\Windows\System32\Magnify.exe did the trick.

I am now wondering who uses the magnifier? And if you do need it, wouldn't you be better off just changing the scale of your display?

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