alt Hacker NewsYeesss this is what I’ve been (semi-sarcastically) thinking about. Historically it’s one author and one reviewer before code gets shipped.
Why introduce a second reviewer and reduce the rumoured velocity gained by LLMs? After all, “it doesn’t matter what wrote the code” right.
I say let her rip. Or as the kids say, code goes brrr.
I disagree. Code review has a social purpose as well as a technical one. It reinforces a shared understanding of the code and requires one person to assure another that the code is ready for review. It develops consensus about design decisions and agreement about what the code is for. With only one person, this is impossible. “Code goes brrr” is a neutral property. It can just as easily take you to the wrong destination as the right one.