# The growing code review workload and emerging AI-assisted approaches

DevFeed: [The growing code review workload and emerging AI-assisted approaches](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-pulse-new-trend-concern-about-massive-increase-in-code-review-load-40926.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-pulse-new-trend-concern-about-massive-increase-in-code-review-load/>)

Author: Ivan Klaric

Published: 2026-07-23T16:55:29Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Pragmatic Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-pragmatic-engineer-2.md>)

Topics: [code reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-reviews.md>), [ai code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-code-review.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Formal methods](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/formal-methods.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-code-review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-code-review.md>), [code-review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-review.md>), [formal-methods](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/formal-methods.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines the growing code review workload as AI-generated code increases. It surveys dedicated AI review tools, review features in coding platforms, in-house systems, and verification approaches such as testing and formal methods, while noting that few solutions are proven.

## Source excerpt

Top of mind for engineering leaders: what to do about the growing code review load, and how devs are starting to review code less thoroughly than before? Many questions, but few proven solutions.