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As AI agents become more prevalent in software engineering, teams face practical decisions regarding manual review standards and overall code governance.
The post touches on a core tension in agent-driven development: delegating implementation entirely versus maintaining direct oversight through code reviews. Because the post primarily introduces a link, the in-depth reasoning resides in the linked article.
Itamar Friedman
@itamar_mar · 29 July 2026
@unclebobmartin doesn't read the code his agents write. @dexhorthy says, for now, read the dang code. It kicked off some great discussion and follow-ups, e.g. @GergelyOrosz, because they're both right. Wrote a piece about it. t.co/ez5SuzWn7Z
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