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from codeinabox@programming.dev to programming@programming.dev on 26 Dec 2025 16:15
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Corngood@lemmy.ml on 26 Dec 2025 17:06 next collapse

The genie produces code at a pace no human reviewer can match. Coding isn’t the bottleneck anymore. I can explore three different implementations before lunch. I can refactor aggressively because the cost of trying something is so low.

Gross

If coding was the bottleneck, there was something badly wrong and AI is not the solution.

That’s not to say it’s the fault of the devs who are using AI, but we obviously haven’t given them the languages and libraries they need to express themselves concisely.

magic_lobster_party@fedia.io on 26 Dec 2025 19:00 next collapse

TL;DR: this is an ad for CodeRabbit AI code review tool

codeinabox@programming.dev on 26 Dec 2025 19:35 collapse

Kent Beck does mention CodeRabbit, however he also highlights the benefits of pairing with humans, as he later goes on to say:

It’s not pairing. Pairing is a conversation with someone who pushes back, who has their own ideas, who brings experience I don’t have. CodeRabbit is more like… a very thorough checklist that can read code.

I’d rather be pairing.

I miss the back-and-forth with another human who cares about the code. I miss being surprised by someone else’s solution. I miss the social pressure to explain my thinking out loud, which always makes the thinking better.

Baizey@feddit.dk on 27 Dec 2025 00:01 collapse

Cool motive, still sounds like an ad

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 26 Dec 2025 19:43 collapse

For a sec, I read “Tiddy first”