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I'm tired boss. I'm tired of reviewing one, two, three thousand line PRs because some agent was able to "one shot the whole issue." Small PRs were never asked for because they're easier to write, it's always been for the benefit of the reviewer.

100%

but also "no" is a two letter word and one of the most important and hardest parts of being a maintainer.

As a maintainer just saying no and closing PRs is largely the solution

Sure, for FOSS. But at a business I'm not sure you'll stay employed long if you do this regularly and don't try to find ways to adapt to the new world we live in.

To be clear, I don't have an answer either. Reviews have definitely become a bottleneck, and the agent-created code has absolutely not reached a "broadly trustworthy" state for complex problems and maintainable contributions.

Depends on the corporate environment. Refusing to look at oversized PRs makes good business sense, there's an argument to be made that working like this sabotages the quality of the product.

Agree, I was not talking about a business context.

But if people are submitting garbage in a business context you got other problems you need to address.

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