--- title: Code Reviews Are More Important Than Ever | daily.dev description: Code reviews have become more critical with AI-assisted coding, as developers now spend more time reviewing than writing code. Effective reviews require a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/t5ga6efrw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Code Reviews Are More Important Than Ever | daily.dev og:description: Code reviews have become more critical with AI-assisted coding, as developers now spend more time reviewing than writing code. Effective reviews require a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/t5ga6efrw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/T5gA6EFRW.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Code Reviews Are More Important Than Ever **[HTML All The Things](https://daily.dev/sources/htmlallthethings)** · [@mattlawrence](https://daily.dev/mattlawrence) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Code reviews have become more critical with AI-assisted coding, as developers now spend more time reviewing than writing code. Effective reviews require a prioritized checklist (access control, security, speed, testing, UI/UX), multiple focused passes on 200-400 lines of code within 25-30 minutes, and running the code locally. AI tools should serve as pre-review filters by authors, not replace human judgment on correctness, trade-offs, and system fit. The challenge lies in maintaining context and reliability as AI generates more code that developers understand less deeply. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Why AI coding tools shift the real bottleneck to review](https://daily.dev/posts/why-ai-coding-tools-shift-the-real-bottleneck-to-review-brfqi7fhb) · LogRocket · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Agentic Code Review](https://daily.dev/posts/agentic-code-review-0ue8fcsa1) · Addy Osmani · 147 upvotes · 14 comments - [Code Review Has Changed. 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