February 17, 2026
Counting lines, losing minds
Show HN: GitHub "Lines Viewed" extension to keep you sane reviewing long AI PRs
Dev drops a “sanity meter” for mega AI code dumps—and the comments go feral
TLDR: A new Chrome extension counts how many lines you’ve read in massive GitHub pull requests. Commenters split between rejecting giant AI code dumps, dreaming of AI that fixes reviews automatically, and asking for open-source, Firefox support, and privacy assurances—turning a tiny tool into a big culture clash.
A tiny Chrome add-on claims to keep you sane by showing how many lines you’ve actually read in a GitHub pull request—think a “progress bar for your brain” during those epic, AI-generated code dumps. But the community didn’t just click; they pounced.
Classic reviewers slammed the very idea. One voice basically said: stop counting lines and start rejecting giant code drops. Their vibe? “Split it up or ship it out.” Meanwhile, automation dreamers asked for the inverse: reviewer leaves comments, and the AI goes off, fixes everything, and updates the pull request automatically. Now that’s the robot butler people want.
Comedy corner lit up with: “Was this vibe coded? Did you test it on itself?” And the open-source faithful showed up with the obligatory “port it to Firefox?” plus a polite “open-source it and I’ll send a PR.” Security hawks asked if any code gets shipped to servers; according to the listing, it’s client-side and collects nothing, with a privacy policy on GitHub (link).
Oh, and for extra spice: it’s brand-new—1 user, 0 stars—fueling jokes about being the loneliest sanity meter on the web. Whether it’s a lifesaver for AI-era reviews or a band-aid on a broken process, the thread turned a simple counter into a referendum on modern code review culture.
Key Points
- •“GitHub Lines Viewed” adds a lines-viewed indicator to GitHub pull request pages.
- •The extension aims to assist reviews of long or AI-generated PRs by complementing “files viewed.”
- •Version 1.1.0 was updated on February 15, 2026; the package size is 13.32 KiB.
- •The developer discloses no data collection or use, with details in a GitHub privacy policy.
- •The listing shows no ratings yet and notes EU consumer rights do not apply to contracts with this non-trader developer.