The latest articles on DEV Community by ItzKev! (@kevstatic). https://dev.to/kevstatic https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3865743%2F3e4a76df-6fab-4cd9-8ba1-f96f69786254.jpeg https://dev.to/kevstatic en ItzKev! Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:36:35 +0000 https://dev.to/kevstatic/onboardly-ask-questions-about-any-github-codebase-2hmb https://dev.to/kevstatic/onboardly-ask-questions-about-any-github-codebase-2hmb <p>A few months ago, I asked HN about the biggest pain points when joining a new team (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47368472" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47368472</a>). Most people said it was the tribal knowledge buried in the code.<br> I've spent my time as a student building Onboardly to solve this. It’s a web app that indexes your GitHub repo and lets you ask questions in plain English. Unlike a general LLM, it cites the exact files it’s looking at so you can verify the logic.</p> <p>Tech stack: FastAPI backend, Next.js frontend, and a RAG architecture for the indexing. I’m currently hosting it on Render's free tier, so there might be a slight delay on the first login—I'm working on that!</p> <p>I’d love for you guys to break it and tell me where the answers feel 'off' or what features a dev actually needs for onboarding.</p> <p>It's free to try — would love feedback on answer quality across different repo types and languages.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://onboardly-ruddy.vercel.app" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://onboardly-ruddy.vercel.app</a></strong></p> ai webdev fastapi nextjs