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title: "The Pulse: New trend - concern about massive increase in code review load"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-pulse-new-trend---concern-about-massive-increase-in-code-review-load-xjgsqyp7m
source_url: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-pulse-new-trend-concern-about-massive-increase-in-code-review-load
type: article
source: "The Pragmatic Engineer"
published: 2026-07-23T17:05:22.100Z
updated: 2026-07-24T06:49:42.302Z
tags: ["productivity", "leadership", "ai-coding", "code-review"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# The Pulse: New trend - concern about massive increase in code review load

**[The Pragmatic Engineer](https://daily.dev/sources/pragmaticengineer)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

AI-generated code is dramatically increasing code review load at engineering teams, creating a new bottleneck in software development. Engineering leaders are responding with a mix of AI-powered review tools (CodeRabbit, Greptile, Qodo, SonarQube, Cursor review, GitHub Copilot review) and in-house solutions built by companies like Uber, Cloudflare, Faire, and HubSpot. A secondary approach involves rethinking code verification through more thorough testing rather than traditional review. A key concern is reviewer burnout: engineers are rubber-stamping AI-reviewed PRs without real scrutiny, while diligent reviewers feel overwhelmed by low-quality AI-generated pull requests. No proven solutions exist yet — most responses are still experimental.

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