# Theory of constraints, AI, and code review

DevFeed: [Theory of constraints, AI, and code review](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/theory-of-constraints-ai-and-code-review-37648.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://swizec.com/blog/theory-of-constraints-ai-and-code-review>)

Author: hi@swizec.com (Swizec Teller)

Published: 2026-07-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Swizec Teller](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/swizec-teller.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-review.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>), [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [code-review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-review.md>), [productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/productivity.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-requests.md>), [review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/review.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that producing code faster with AI does not necessarily increase company-wide delivery because overall throughput is constrained by slower parts of the development system, especially code review and release processes.

## Source excerpt

Feedback from an expert is how you learn taste. Your code doesn't matter until it's shipped.