I tried AI, and i never could/dared to actually push anything to prod. The code seems ok, but i always have a gut feeling somethings off.

I guess the most valuable thing you loose is the "what" and "how". You cant learn these things from just reading code, because the mental model just is not there.

Also i dislike code reviews, it feels "like a waste of time" because sure i can spot some things, but i never can give the real feedback, because the mental model is not there (i did not write this code).

Having said that, I still use AI for my own code review, AI can spot some one-offs, typos, or even a few edge cases i missed.

But i still write my own code, i want to own it, i want to have an intimate knowledge of it and really understand the whys and whats.