When Your Agent Writes Code Faster Than You Can Review
Agentic coding has the promise to unlock a turbocharged workweek, cranking out pull requests faster than any keyboard warrior could manually manage. The real bottleneck isn’t how quickly code appears—it's how quickly humans can keep up with the reviews. If you’re thinking about coasting on those newly liberated hours, beware: the pace is relentless and those who snooze will get lapped. Adapt, hustle, and wield your extra time, or get comfortable watching the leaderboard from the bottom. PS! I continue to recommend human code reviews and remain open to updating my perspectives as AI evolves :) Short take: review is the constraint; ship more anyway. A PR takes ~6 hours to write and 15–20 minutes to review—per reviewer. Agentic coding (Copilot and friends) doesn’t cancel your review policy; it makes it matter. As adoption spreads, you spend more time reviewing and still ship more. It does not matter if the agentic multiplier is 1.2x, 2x, 4x or more, your team will stil...