--- title: We Became Editors-in-Chief, and Nobody Trained Us description: AI-assisted development is shifting engineers away from writing code toward reviewing AI-generated diffs full-time. This new role as 'editor-in-chief'... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/we-became-editors-in-chief-and-nobody-trained-us-d6jyxsz2g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: We Became Editors-in-Chief, and Nobody Trained Us | daily.dev og:description: AI-assisted development is shifting engineers away from writing code toward reviewing AI-generated diffs full-time. This new role as 'editor-in-chief'... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-became-editors-in-chief-and-nobody-trained-us-d6jyxsz2g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/d6jyxSZ2g.png og:image:alt: We Became Editors-in-Chief, and Nobody Trained Us 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. # We Became Editors-in-Chief, and Nobody Trained Us **[FREEK.DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/freek)** · 1 min read · 21 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary AI-assisted development is shifting engineers away from writing code toward reviewing AI-generated diffs full-time. This new role as 'editor-in-chief' introduces a distinct cognitive fatigue and risks widening the gap between senior and junior developers, who may lack the experience needed to critically evaluate AI output. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@itsr3dguy** · 1 upvotes > If they review & replace it'd say it's fine, as long as they aren't a strict rule that says that they must use AI for their work. **@agustinbarrientos** · 0 upvotes > I prefer one human-sized diff at a time. Anything larger is the agent outsourcing its work back to me ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI Made Writing Code Easier. 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