AI wrote the code. How hard do you review it?
Agents now write about half the code in a large 2026 survey. The open question is what humans still check before merging.
Poll by GloboPoll
Results
With 8 votes as of 2026-10-20, the most voted option is “I read the whole diff, but not line by line” with 50%.
- I read every line before it merges — 0 (0.0 %)
- I read the whole diff, but not line by line — 4 (50.0 %)
- I skim the diff and lean on tests and CI — 2 (25.0 %)
- I rely on tests, CI and review bots, not on reading — 2 (25.0 %)
- If it runs and the task is done, it ships — 0 (0.0 %)
- I don’t let agents write code I merge — 0 (0.0 %)
- Other — 0 (0.0 %)
8 votes
Poll facts
- Status
- open, accepting votes
- Type
- single choice
- Published on
- 2026-10-13
- Closes
- 2026-10-31
- Data updated on
- 2026-10-20
How votes are counted
One vote per person (per account, or per IP address and browser for anonymous votes). Anyone can take part: this is an open online poll, not a representative statistical sample. Results update live while the poll is open.