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Gergely Orosz quote, Sep 8, 2026

Author, The Pragmatic Engineer · Sep 8, 2026 · Post, What is happening with code reviews?

There’s more talk about dropping human code reviews than there is evidence of this actually happening, so far.

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What is happening with code reviews?
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