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AI code review catches bugs in its own freshly written code
A developer using Claude Code found that asking the same AI to review its own output as a skeptical senior engineer uncovered three bugs in code written minutes earlier. The bugs included missing width checks, overly aggressive noise removal, and incorrect brightness measurement. The technique works because writing and reviewing focus attention differently, but the author warns that not all AI-flagged issues are real bugs.
Meridian48 take
This highlights a practical workflow improvement for AI-assisted coding, but the real lesson is that AI, like humans, benefits from role-switching — and still requires human triage to avoid false positives.
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