SMRTR ProgrammingAug 9, 2026Hacker News

Code Review Assumes an Author

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Agentic AI development is quietly breaking the core assumption behind code review: that the pull request author actually understands the code. When a model generates a diff, tests pass, and a human name appears on the PR, no one may be able to explain the reasoning behind it. Review was designed to challenge work someone already understood — not to be the first moment understanding is supposed to appear.

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