Pair Programming Earned a Lighter Code Review. AI Hasn't.

<p>The agent generates 40 lines of code. You read the diff. You approve the change.</p> <p>What just happened there? You didn't write code. You didn't design a flow. You didn't

<h1> The Agent That Created 107 PRs (And Why That Was the Problem) </h1> <p>One of our leaders has a way of framing AI initiatives that I find genuinely useful. Three buckets:

<h2> Introduction: The Moment Manual Coding Became "Optional" </h2> <p>In January 2026, Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code at Anthropic, made a statement that reverberated across

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<p>Snap just announced that AI agents generate over 65% of their new code. The same week, they laid off roughly 1,000 employees — 16% of their workforce. CEO Evan Spiegel shared

<h2> What Happened </h2> <p>I pay $200/month for Anthropic's highest individual tier — Max 20x. I use Claude Code (their CLI tool) daily with a team of AI agents for building

<p>History still matters. I just don't want it to be the default context for agents editing the present system.</p> <p>A coding agent will read whatever you put in front of

<h2> From "Prove It in Code" to "Prove It in Judgment" </h2> <p>For decades, credibility in software came from what you built with your own hands. Writing robust systems required