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LLMs: A Code Review Replacement or a Disastrous Distraction?

Some individuals dislike the traditional code review process, finding it tedious and time-consuming. For these people, Large Language Models (LLMs) may seem like an appealingly efficient alternative for code refinement. However, others, who value the collaborative and critical aspects of code review, view LLMs as a detrimental distraction that hinders genuine improvement. AI

IMPACT LLMs may offer an alternative to traditional code review for those who dislike the process, but some argue they hinder genuine code improvement.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing the utility of LLMs in the context of code review.

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LLMs: A Code Review Replacement or a Disastrous Distraction?

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    There are people who hate code review, the reading, the criticism, the pushbacks, the discussion. For those people LLM might appear like a convenient, efficient

    There are people who hate code review, the reading, the criticism, the pushbacks, the discussion. For those people LLM might appear like a convenient, efficient tool. And then there are people like me, who value code views, who actually like this way of refining and improving cod…