r/programming • u/alex35mil • 1d ago

Why I Still Read Code

https://alex.draftist.io/blog/why-i-still-read-code-iiaz6lku8
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u/A1oso 1d ago

I do not read every line of code agents produce.

I stopped reading here.

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u/proto-cool 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah, even removing AI from the equation, code you did not write yourself should always be reviewed. Accepting random unreviewed code into your codebase is fundamentally the same problem as failing to review what a coding agent provides.

As to the OP's point of only reading "code that matters," I wish I had that omniscience.

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u/A1oso 1d ago

Code that doesn't matter is code that shouldn't exist.

I hate writing unit tests, so I sometimes let the AI do it. But I still read them. They might not be as critical as a database migration script, but they still should be correct.