Why Google's rigorous code review makes giant codebases understandable — a lesson for AI coding
dreamwieber · x · 2026-09-08
Responding to the debate over whether AI can understand gigantic codebases, dreamwieber notes that Google's rigorous code review exists for a reason: enforcing stylistic and architectural standards everywhere makes any new code feel familiar — a lesson that applies equally to AI.
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