Vercel CEO Says Read All AI-Generated Code
Guillermo Rauch lists scenarios where skipping AI code review remains acceptable.
Guillermo Rauch posted that skipping code review is acceptable when a developer is a beginner, building throwaway software, prototyping, has no users or revenue, is taking on debt and risk, or faces only basic problems. He added that all of these remain fine. Daniel Jeffries replied that developers must still read their code today even as agents improve, noting he switched from Cursor to Codex setups with Claude or Kimi models that reach higher autonomy levels yet still require oversight.
If you’re not reading the code, whether explicitly or through agentic inquiry, one or more of these is true: ○ You’re a beginner ○ Software is throwaway ○ You’re prototyping ○ You have no users / revenue ○ You’re taking on debt & risk ○ Your problems are basic And btw. All…
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3 postsRead your code. That will change but it ain't today. I dropped Cursor for Codex recently. Cursor was like Level 2 self-driving, sometimes Level 3 if you were lucky. Codex will Sol and Fable in Claude Code or Kimi K3 in my own harness feels like a leap from Level 3 to Level 4.…
If you’re not reading the code, whether explicitly or through agentic inquiry, one or more of these is true: ○ You’re a beginner ○ Software is throwaway ○ You’re prototyping ○ You have no users / revenue ○ You’re taking on debt & risk ○ Your problems are basic And btw. All…
Read your code. That will change but it ain't today. I dropped Cursor for Codex recently. Cursor was like Level 2 self-driving, sometimes Level 3 if you were lucky. Codex with Sol and Fable in Claude Code or Kimi K3 in my own harness feels like a leap from Level 3 to Level 4.…
If you’re not reading the code, whether explicitly or through agentic inquiry, one or more of these is true: ○ You’re a beginner ○ Software is throwaway ○ You’re prototyping ○ You have no users / revenue ○ You’re taking on debt & risk ○ Your problems are basic And btw. All…
Tag yourself, I'm a beginner with no revenue. And it just so happens that I wrote about rookie mistakes (mine and the models') on @every today:
If you’re not reading the code, whether explicitly or through agentic inquiry, one or more of these is true: ○ You’re a beginner ○ Software is throwaway ○ You’re prototyping ○ You have no users / revenue ○ You’re taking on debt & risk ○ Your problems are basic And btw. All…