Most Generated Code Doesn't Need Line-by-Line Reading
burkov · x · 2026-07-17
The author argues that beyond the roughly 5% of code that requires careful review, the remaining 95% of generated code isn't worth checking line by line, as that portion is primarily "shaped" through daily usage.
Their core takeaway is that if an LLM is capable of writing a piece of code, it generally should also be capable of fixing subsequent bugs. In other words, the focus after code generation shouldn't always be manual review, but rather relying more on the model's ability to iterate and repair.
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