lazypl82
Re:Ask HN: How do you review gen-AI created code?
on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @01:47AM (#47332084)
The artifact review approach makes sense to me. How the code was produced doesn't change what the reviewer needs to answer: does this do what it's supposed to, and does it do it cleanly? If anything, I'd rather have a short design note in the PR – intent, constraints, alternatives considered – than a full prompt history. The prompt history is noise; the intent is signal.
That said, one thing review can't fully cover is runtime behavior under real traffic. Not saying that's a review problem – it's just a separate layer that still needs attention after the merge.
Re:Maybe we can keep on coding? pseudo code project
on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @01:39AM (#47332043)
Great point on the flow state with pseudo code. The gap I keep running into is what comes after – once the translated code ships to production, knowing quickly whether it actually behaves as intended is still mostly manual. Curious if others have thoughts on that part of the loop.