Ask HN: Code review of AI output, review what?

#1

Post by s3arch » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 12:36 AM UTC

If AI is supposed to be doing a better job at coding, then what are humans reviewing in it? I don't understand why I need to spend extra time and effort just to read code that humans aren't supposed to write.

I feel this is some sort of scam in the AI industry telling us to do code reviews.

Either write the code yourself or just pass all the AI code.

Please help me understand.

Re: Ask HN: Code review of AI output, review what?

#2

Post by krapp » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC

We are so cooked.

Re: Ask HN: Code review of AI output, review what?

#3

Post by bdangubic » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 1:04 AM UTC

Why are you employed at all? AI is now capable of prompting itself so you really shouldn’t have a job working with AI.

Re: Ask HN: Code review of AI output, review what?

#4

Post by othmanosx » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 6:25 AM UTC

humans are still better at coding, AI is just faster and cheaper, not better. the cheap code is still cheap, and we need real engineers to review it still to convert it to high quality code.

Re: Ask HN: Code review of AI output, review what?

#5

Post by alankritxghoshx » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Code review of AI output, review what?

#6

Post by xfor » Tue, Sep 08, 2026, 8:54 AM UTC

For now, we're still in the loop - even the best models often can overcomplicate things or reinvent the wheel and quick look at the diff can help spot some fundamental issues