--- title: "We Became Editors-in-Chief, and Nobody Trained Us" url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-became-editors-in-chief-and-nobody-trained-us-d6jyxsz2g source_url: https://freek.dev/3172-we-became-editors-in-chief-and-nobody-trained-us type: article source: "FREEK.DEV" published: 2026-08-03T15:00:46.298Z updated: 2026-08-03T15:01:03.194Z tags: ["ai-coding", "code-review"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 21 comments: 2 language: 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. It Made Engineering Harder.](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-made-writing-code-easier-it-made-engineering-harder--tedywbcxj) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#code-review](https://daily.dev/tags/code-review) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/we-became-editors-in-chief-and-nobody-trained-us-d6jyxsz2g)