Code review is theater now

John Bristowe highlights the evolving role of code reviews in the era of AI-generated code, comparing it to a scene from "I Love Lucy" where Lucy and Ethel struggle to keep up with an accelerating chocolate assembly line. He argues that while AI has increased the speed of code production, it has also made thorough code reviews more challenging and less effective as quality assurance tools. Bristowe suggests that rather than relying solely on human reviewers, the industry should focus on improving deployment pipelines with automated checks and policy-as-code approaches to ensure software quality before it reaches production. He emphasizes that while code reviews are valuable for knowledge sharing and mentorship, they are not sufficient as the primary method for catching all bugs in AI-generated code. With AI becoming increasingly integral to development processes, Bristowe underscores the need for a robust pipeline that can verify code quality regardless of its origin, urging a shift from traditional code review practices to more automated and scalable solutions.

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