Somewhere along the way, code reviews became nitpicking sessions.
Spacing. Naming. Minor refactors.
Important—but not the point.
What Reviews Are Really For
At their best, reviews answer bigger questions:
- Does this align with our architecture?
- Does it honor the original user story?
- Does it create tomorrow’s problems?
Those questions are cognitively expensive—and humans get tired.
Letting AI Do the Boring Watching
I’ve started using AI as a kind of architectural guardrail.
It doesn’t replace reviewers.
It filters noise.
By the time a human looks, the conversation is already about design and intent—not braces and commas.
The Result
Fewer surprises.
Healthier codebases.
Better conversations.
📣 Want to see what this workflow actually looks like?
I’ll walk through it during my free Improving Talk on January 28 at 12pm Central.
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