Nobody Reads Your Code Anymore
The article discusses the changing landscape of code review in 2026, where AI-generated code dominates the process. Human reviewers are increasingly skimming through pull requests without thoroughly reading them, leading to a significant rise in security vulnerabilities. The debate continues between those who believe human review is essential and those who argue that the current review process has become mere theater.
- ▪46% of all code on GitHub is now AI-generated, with 61% in Java repositories.
- ▪Teams with high AI adoption are merging 98% more pull requests, but the time spent reviewing has increased by 91%.
- ▪40 to 45 percent of AI-generated code contains security vulnerabilities, with significant increases in various types of flaws.
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