If AI auto-merges 19 of 20 PRs, what are junior devs training for?
VraserX · x · 2026-07-28
The post argues that if an AI can automatically get 19 out of 20 pull requests merged, junior developers are no longer “safe.”
Its core question is not whether the system is useful, but what juniors are now being trained for if routine PR work can already be done by AI at that success rate.
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