AI broke code review: experts disagree on what should replace it
According to Gergely Orosz and The New Stack, AI produces more code than developers can keep up with, and the review process has to adapt. The Hungarian-language ITBusiness article cites Bjarne Stroustrup's warning about errors in AI-generated code and the burden of verifying it.
Who is affected and how
- tech lead
- The review process needs redesigning: what humans check, what machines check, and the upper limit on PR size.
- senior developer
- Review becomes a core competence, as checking for errors is harder than writing the code.
- QA tester
- Automated test coverage becomes the main line of defense against AI-generated changes.
Sources
- AI broke code review. Two experts disagree on what replaces it.the new stack · Sep 8, 2026
- AI code review: Is the pipeline the fix? | The New Stackthenewstack.io · Sep 8, 2026
- What is happening with code reviews? - by Gergely Orosznewsletter.pragmaticengineer.com · Sep 8, 2026
- AI-generated code: 26 percent more tasks, but at what price? - ITBUSINESSitbusiness.hu · Sep 8, 2026 · magyar
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