Dev.to
6/22/2026

Code reviews miss errors if
Original: Your Code Review Is Working Perfectly. It Just Cannot Catch What Was Never Defined.
Short summary
Code reviews effectively catch logic errors but cannot detect missing standards that should exist before AI generates code. Teams should define architectural rules—component patterns, state management, naming conventions—before generation, then use reviews to verify compliance. The absence of pre-generation standards creates invisible gaps that only surface during refactors and become expensive to fix.
- •Code reviews can't enforce standards never defined
- •AI needs explicit rules before code generation
- •Define standards first, then verify compliance in reviews
Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.
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