charliermarsh: AI Agents Are Killing the Mentorship in Open Source PR Reviews
charliermarsh · x · 2026-08-06
Developer charliermarsh noted that reviewing contributor PRs used to be an 'investment' in those developers, helping them grow through feedback. However, with the rise of AI agents, these interactions increasingly feel like LLM intermediation. He believes the net effect is that maintainers are spending less time reviewing contributor PRs.
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