I don't think people have become smarter or programming easier in the last few years, so why should code reviews become less useful?
Automation tools generally facilitate and accelerate going from a mistake to a mistake in production: even if automation also helps with undoing mistakes, reducing friction increases the need for deliberate and preemptive verification, including code reviews.
Agreed. Automation and AI tools don't make us smarter programmers. However, some companies reportedly don't default to code reviews anymore. [1] There certainly is a balance between both worlds :)
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 20.2 ms ] threadAutomation tools generally facilitate and accelerate going from a mistake to a mistake in production: even if automation also helps with undoing mistakes, reducing friction increases the need for deliberate and preemptive verification, including code reviews.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29792859