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A Brief History of Code Review (And What's Next)
Code review has come a long way. We’ve evolved from manual inspections and email patches to modern pull requests and automated testing. Yet, one big problem remains: developers are still stuck waiting on human approvals. Join me for a walk through the history of code review to see how our processes have adapted over the last 30 years. We'll examine the limits of our current workflows and explore how the new era of AI-assisted reviews is finally solving the code review bottleneck.