Show HN: ReviewLoad – Pending review counts in GitHub's reviewer picker

Category: devtools

Tags: github, browser-extension, code-review, productivity

Score: 5.5/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 4, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

ReviewLoad is a browser extension that enhances GitHub's pull request reviewer picker by showing how many pending reviews each teammate already has, helping prevent reviewer overload. It uses a read-only GitHub token to query the search API and displays colored counts with hover details, all without modifying any GitHub data. The project is well-documented and solves a real, albeit niche, pain point for development teams.

Target audience: software engineers and engineering managers who frequently assign code reviews on GitHub

Repository: https://github.com/CharlieGroves/review-load · TypeScript · MIT · 10 stars

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