Nobody Reads Your Code Anymore
The article discusses the changing landscape of code review in 2026, where AI-generated code dominates the process. Human reviewers are increasingly skimming through pull requests without thoroughly reading them, leading to a significant rise in security vulnerabilities. The debate continues between those who believe human review is essential and those who argue that the current review process has become mere theater.
- ▪46% of all code on GitHub is now AI-generated, with 61% in Java repositories.
- ▪Teams with high AI adoption are merging 98% more pull requests, but the time spent reviewing has increased by 91%.
- ▪40 to 45 percent of AI-generated code contains security vulnerabilities, with significant increases in various types of flaws.
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| Canonical URL | https://dev.to/bojan_josifoski_76e9fd65d/nobody-reads-your-code-anymore-9g5 |
| Publication time | Sat, 23 May 2026 10:50:19 +0000 |
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3285408) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Bojan Josifoski Posted on May 23 • Originally published at bojanjosifoski.com Nobody Reads Your Code Anymore #ai #codereview #security #webdev Here is what happened to code review in 2026. AI writes the code. AI reviews the code. A human clicks approve. The PR merges. Everyone moves on. Nobody in that chain actually read the diff. This is not a prediction. This is Tuesday. 46% of all code on GitHub is now AI-generated. In Java repositories, that number is 61%.
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