The eternal code review loop: "the reviewer will catch it" meets "the author must have checked"
vboykis · x · 2026-11-07
A classic developer joke: when writing code, "it's fine, the reviewer will check this." When reviewing code, "it's fine, the author will have checked this."
A sharp jab at how both sides in code review assume the other did the real checking — and with AI-generated code flooding in, the loop is only getting more relevant.
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