AI code review (Claude, maybe Codex)

Eric evil.function at proton.me
Thu Apr 9 11:04:43 PDT 2026


After reading various AI generated reviews, I'd say my only functional objection is that they are so f'ing verbose.

If I (speaking as a human reviewer) see code like this in a PR:

   cp $file $dest

I just say "Please quote the variables to avoid issues with blanks, wildcard expansions, etc (do you know about 'shellcheck'?)", assuming a high level of comprehension on the submitter.  When an AI sees that, it appears to assume the coder has the expertise of a 3-year-old, so produces a PhD dissertation as to why you should add quotes.  Reviewing the review becomes 10x more burdensome than it should.




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