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Re: If you are good at code review, you will be good at using AI agents

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Post by dearilos » Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 4:35 PM UTC

dawnerd wrote: post #139

As someone that basically does code reviews for a living, last thing I want to do is code review agents. I want to reduce how much review I’m doing, not hand hold some ai agents.

I'm building something to do exactly that - just reduce and automate the boring parts of code review like enforcing standards.

Re: If you are good at code review, you will be good at using AI agents

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Post by dearilos » Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 4:36 PM UTC

QuantumNoodle wrote: post #10

Code review is part of the job, but one of the least enjoyable parts. Developers like _writing_ and that gives the most job satisfaction. AI tools are helpful, but inherently increases the amount of code we have to review with more scrutiny than my colleagues because of how unpredictable - yet convincing - it can be. Why did we create tools that do the fun part and increase the non-fun part? Where are the "code-revie…

I'm building something to solve exactly that - automating all the boring and repetitive parts of code review.

Re: If you are good at code review, you will be good at using AI agents

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Post by player1234 » Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 10:23 AM UTC

300hoogen wrote: post #188

EdwardDiego wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except humans learn from your PR comments and in other interactions with more experienced people, and so inexperienced devs become experienced devs eventually. LLMs are not so trainable.

retarded take

Aggreed