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Critic: the coding agent that wrote the code also reviews it

Show HN: Critic – Review code with the agent that wrote it

Critic puts agent-authored code and its review in one view, with a change narrative and threaded Q&A. The demo PR shows agents Codex and Claude reworking an offline message queue: lease tokens replace a heartbeat table, and a disconnected device returns its work after 45 seconds without losing context. The post doesn't disclose pricing or self-hosting options.

Why it matters: Putting AI code generation and review in the same interface, with a change narrative and a threaded Q&A, is a fresh product shape. The demo PR's lease-token-over-heartbeat design also surfaces a reusable engineering pattern. Score isn't higher because the post doesn't disclose...

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