Our summary
Software often asks an AI to write text when it only needs a small decision, such as which queue should receive a ticket. In CodeRabbit's interview, Allie Laabs explains Jev's narrower role: choose an allowed option, rate something against a scale or estimate whether a statement is true.
Questions about the same facts can travel together. For a support ticket, ask whether it concerns billing and whether it requests a refund at once; code can ignore the second answer when it is irrelevant. The article suggests checking repeated requests, uncertain answers and untrusted text during code review.
These judgments do not replace writing or other open-ended work, and an allowed answer can still be wrong. The speed and price examples come from TypeSafe's own material, not an independent benchmark. Reviewers should check what information reaches the model and what the application does when a judgment is uncertain.
Key takeaways
- Look for steps that need a decision from known options rather than a newly written response.
- Combine independent questions about the same facts instead of sending those facts repeatedly.
- Check uncertainty handling and untrusted inputs before a model's answer can authorize an action.