- Author
- Posted by ColinWright, with replies from many commenters
- Published
- 2 July 2026
- Kind
- Hacker News discussion thread on a Mastodon post
- Original
- news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48759870
- Subject
- Coding with agents
What it is
The linked post is by mjd, dated 26 August 2025. It claims review exists to find hard-to-maintain code, not bugs. The thread collects replies from many commenters, including one signed mjd.
What it says
- The linked post says code review mainly exists to find hard-to-maintain code.
- The post says relying on code review to find bugs is a fool's paradise.
- Commenters such as thayne say code review has several purposes, including learning.
- Commenter jibal calls the post's claim that bugs cannot generally be found by reading false.
- A commenter named mjd says not all bugs, nor any given bug, can be found.
- Commenter jerf notes that people agree code review is good but disagree on its point.
- Commenter nunez says AI-made diffs are often gigantic, which defeats human reviewers.
What evidence it gives
The Mastodon post offers argument only. The thread is workplace anecdote, with a few mentions of compliance rules. No commenter cites a study.
Interests and limits
The linked post is short and was written ten months before the thread. Commenters are self-selected programmers. Practices differ between small teams, large firms and regulated work. Some comments treat the post as a flat rule when it may be a provocation.