Show HN: Stage – Putting humans back in control of code review

AI writes code at lightning speed—and Stage just crashed the party promising to put humans back in charge of reviewing it. The buzz? Its “chapters” feature, which slices giant code changes into bite-sized parts like a TV series. One early fan practically shouted from the rooftops: “I like the chapters thing”, arguing most code bundles should’ve been several smaller ones anyway. The crowd immediately pushed for more: could Stage split them at the source, and can humans tweak those chapters if the grouping feels wrong? Control freaks unite! Meanwhile, another subplot stole the show: engineers want their review comments to teach the bots. One commenter demanded that every nitpick and fix be remembered so the same mistakes don’t repeat, calling out the pain of groundhog-day errors. Another dropped receipts with a DIY solution—pr-war-stories—where feedback is recycled into “Bugbot” and a “CLAUDE.md” guide so the AI helper writes cleaner code next time. The vibe: Stage’s slogan says humans are back in charge, but the community’s twist is even spicier—make the robots remember the drama. Questions kept flying: can you edit chapter splits? What about many commits in one change (think “stacked episodes”)? The memes wrote themselves: PRs as Netflix seasons, engineers as showrunners, and the season finale is the merge. Pop the popcorn—code review just got episodic.