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That Is a Terrible Use of Them. 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. # Your Best Engineers Are Becoming Reviewers. That Is a Terrible Use of Them. **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 11 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AI coding agents are boosting junior and mid-level output, but the correctness burden that used to be spread across implementation now piles up entirely on senior engineers doing review. The result is senior engineers turning into full-time bottleneck filters, reviewing machine-generated code across domains, losing time for architecture and mentoring, and risking burnout. The piece argues this is a management failure, not an AI failure, and proposes fixes: smaller PRs, clear ownership, risk-based review scrutiny, requiring authors to explain their generated code before review, and reviews that transfer judgment rather than just fixing bugs. It closes by challenging engineering leaders to ask whether AI adoption is actually freeing up senior time or just doubling their review queues. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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