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AI-generated code pushes pull request diffs to ~6k lines, making reviews impractical

Lobsters 2 weeks ago 6 min read ↗ Original

A developer reports that AI-assisted coworkers submit ~6k-line PRs, and commenters share strategies like size limits and AI-first reviews.

WHY IT MATTERS

Large AI-generated diffs exceed human review capacity, so teams need new rules and workflows to keep code quality. Without them, reviewers either rubber-stamp or burn out.

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The three things worth knowing

The author reports average PR diffs of ~6k lines, which are unreviewable.

One commenter enforces a 400-line limit for all PRs, regardless of AI or human origin.

Another commenter uses AI reviews only as a first pass and requires PR summaries.

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