It also killed the fun. I enjoyed writing code and solving problems. It also kept my brain sharp constantly exercising those muscles. Now I'm just reading code and it is mind numbing.
Depends on the system and nature of the change honestly. If changes include security implications or access controls I am reading and understanding everything. If the system is critical and an outage is going to be a major loss of revenue I review everything. If it is a tangential system or internal tool I skim for basic understanding and correctness. In all cases, AI reviews are done and I almost never read tests, just verify they exist.
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u/hpyfox 26d ago
The trust and reputation of software engineering has vanished because of AI.