Reviews have become expensive, rewrites have become cheap

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Author: arzh2

Date: 6/16/2026

Article Summary:

The author discusses how the increased use of AI-generated code has changed the economics of reviewing and rewriting code, making reviewing more expensive and rewriting cheaper.