The Last Human Code Review: Building Trust in AI-Generated Code — Itamar Friedman, Qodo
Qodo CEO argues human code review may become optional by end of 2026
“is human code review still optional end of 2026?”
Qodo CEO Itamar Friedman argues that as AI takes over code generation, the primary bottleneck shifts from writing code to reviewing and validating it. He frames code review as serving two purposes—quality validation and developer alignment/learning—and questions whether both can be automated or if human review will remain mandatory. The talk positions Qodo's code governance platform as a solution to this emerging AI-era bottleneck.