If you are good at code review, you will be good at using AI agents
October 1, 2025
Using AI agents correctly is a process of reviewing code. If you’re good at reviewing code, you’ll be good at using tools like Claude Code, Codex, or the Copilot coding agent.Why is that? Large language models are good at producing a lot of code, but they don’t yet have the depth of judgement of a competent software engineer. Left unsupervised, they will spend a lot of time committing to bad design decisions.
Source: If you are good at code review, you will be good at using AI agents
Perhaps one day, perhaps even soon, autonomous coding agents will write code for us unattended, will meet the needs we specify for them, and produce perfect, secure, performant, and maintainable code that implements the features we want. In my experience, and the experience of many, that isn’t the case today.
Sean Goedecke gets it right here, I think. He observes that if you are good at reviewing code, you’ll work well with agents. The thing is, reviewing code is something a lot of developers aren’t particularly good at.
