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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