Alternating Agent Reviews Can Make Code Worse

jimmykoppel · x · 2026-07-15

I've pushed the "Codex review → Claude fix" loop to its absolute limit.

For large PRs, this iterative back-and-forth often degrades quality, leaving you worse off than the original draft. The author concludes that having multiple agents continuously hunt for issues with fresh context doesn't automatically yield better code. True human judgment is still required to dictate which issues are actually "must-fix" and which changes are worth accepting.

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