167: AI is Making Code Reviews Worse

AI is generating more code than ever, and reviewing it has become a lonelier, more exhausting slog. This week we dig into whether ideas like shared review sessions can actually make code review better. Then we run through a brutal week of hacks hitting OpenCode, PHP, Next.js, and TLS certificates, count the many new TypeScript forks, and look at the custom source control Anthropic built to merge 30,000 changes a day. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:31 - How can we make code review better? 19:45 - A roundup of this week’s hacks 30:04 - Claude Duet 34:31 - Everyone is forking TypeScript 41:05 - Anthropic’s new source control tool 47:00 - What’s making us happy News All: Code reviews suck, but how do we actually make them better? Lightning News Hacks! OpenCode hacked, PHP hacked, new CVEs in Next.js and React, eMudhra certificate hacks Who isn’t forking TypeScript?? ts-rust, bun check, tsc-ts, tsrs, and the OG TS team dropped TS 7.1 beta Claude Duet: Anthropic’s Muse or Dots Anthropic’s new source control What's Making Us Happy Paige: Ted Lasso season 4 TJ: Vibe coded game ticket tracking site Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube. Front-end Fire website Blue Collar Coder on YouTube Blue Collar Coder on Discord Reach out via email Tweet at us on X @front_end_fire Follow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast