Reviewing AI-Written Code - Tests, Security and Common Traps
How to review code from an assistant: what to read first, what to test, the security mistakes that appear again and again, and when to throw it away.
AI assistants write code quickly, and the result often looks right at a glance, which is exactly the danger. Plausible code that quietly does the wrong thing is harder to catch than broken code that fails loudly. Reviewing it well is now a core skill, whether you code for a living or only run the occasional script.
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