What Happens to Code Review When Agents Write the Code with Vanitha Kumar, Thoughtworks

Vanitha Kumar, Market Technology Director at Thoughtworks, joins Ankit Jain to talk about how code review holds up when agents are writing most of the code. In this episode, they get into: Why pre-integration is no longer the only place review should happen, and How teams decide what's even worth reviewing when a feature spans twenty markdown files, and What shifting review "left" into a teaching moment looks like in practice, plus Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Code Reviews 02:50 Evolution of Code Review Practices 05:46 The Role of Collaboration in Code Reviews 08:24 Cultural Shifts in Code Review Practices 11:12 Harness Engineering and AI in Code Reviews 16:37 The Future of Code Reviews and AI Integration 22:05 Platform Engineering in the AI Era 📫 Sign up for our email list for more podcasts, articles, events, and other updates: https://www.aviator.co/podcast ✏️ Subscribe for more videos: @Aviator-Co 🙌 Join a curated community of senior engineers and engineering leaders focused on developer experience and solving productivity challenges at scale! Check out our upcoming off-the-record online sessions where vetted, experienced professionals can exchange ideas and share hard-earned wisdom: https://dx.community/ Replace code reviews with verified intent AI writes code faster than humans can review it. Aviator Verify provides compliance-grade verification through spec-driven development. Ship faster with complete audit trails. https://verify.aviator.co/