AI Reviews Slow Us, Agentic Code Saves 90%
Source: Dev.to
Overview
Rafael Garcia nails the new reality: writing code with AI is trivially fast, but reviewing those AI‑generated PRs? That’s your bottleneck now.
Martin Alderson argues agentic coding just dropped software costs 90 %—and the economics have fundamentally shifted.
Meanwhile, Jeremy Pinto introduces the provocative 0.1× engineer (yes, slowing down might actually be speeding up), and Alex Kladov’s mechanical habits prove that engineering excellence comes from automated processes, not heroic effort.
Security stays front‑and‑center
- pnpm dodged Shai‑Hulud 2.0 – essential lessons for your supply chain.
- npm classic tokens are officially gone – session‑based auth is the new normal, so update those workflows!
Microsoft ships a JS/TS Modernizer for VS Code that automates framework upgrades and package updates, because keeping projects modern shouldn’t be manual labor.
Tools
- Cloudflare’s Vibe SDK – build your own vibe‑coding platform (open source, powerful stack).
- Indie UI – a free shadcn form builder that indie devs will love.
- mgrep – AI‑powered semantic search for code, images, PDFs, and more.
- Simon Willison champions single‑file HTML tools (HTML + JS + CSS) for lightweight magic, proving sometimes simple is perfect.
Addy Osmani closes with the AI development paradox: we’re coding faster but shipping slower. Figure that one out!
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Find the 12 highlighted links of weeklyfoo #115:
1. How I keep up with AI‑generated PRs
by Rafael Garcia
AI coding assistants have shifted the bottleneck in software development. Writing code is now trivially fast. Reviewing it is not.
🚀 Tags: ai, reviews, engineering
2. Has the cost of building software just dropped 90 %?
by Martin Alderson
The economics have changed dramatically now with agentic coding, and it is going to totally transform the software development industry (and the wider economy).
📰 Tags: ai, engineering
3. How We’re Protecting Our Newsroom from npm Supply Chain Attacks
by Ryan Sobol
We got lucky with Shai‑Hulud 2.0.
📰 Tags: pnpm, security
4. The Rise of the 0.1× Engineer
by Jeremy Pinto
10× vs 0.1×
📰 Tags: engineering, ai
5. Mechanical Habits
by Alex Kladov
My schtick as a software engineer is establishing automated processes.
📰 Tags: engineering, automation
6. Useful patterns for building HTML tools
by Simon Willison
I’ve started using the term HTML tools to refer to HTML applications that combine HTML, JavaScript, and CSS in a single file and provide useful functionality.
📰 Tags: html, tools
7. npm classic tokens revoked, session‑based auth and CLI token management now available
by GitHub Blog
As previously announced, we’re completing the npm classic token deprecation today.
📰 Tags: npm
8. Announcing the JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer for VS Code
by Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi
Keeping JavaScript/TypeScript projects up‑to‑date can be a challenge, especially when it’s time to upgrade a bunch of npm packages or adopt the latest frameworks.
📰 Tags: javascript, typescript, modernization
9. Vibe SDK
by Cloudflare
An open‑source vibe‑coding platform that helps you build your own vibe‑coding platform, built entirely on the Cloudflare stack.
🧰 Tags: tools, cloudflare, ai
10. Indie UI
by Ali Hussein
Collection of UI components and a free shadcn form builder.
🧰 Tags: tools, design, ui
11. mgrep
by mixedbread.ai
A calm, CLI‑native way to semantically grep everything—code, images, PDFs, and more.
🧰 Tags: tools, search, grep
12. AI paradox: faster coding, slower shipping
by Addy Osmani
Why are we coding faster but shipping slower?
🧩 Tags: ai, paradox
Faster, but Shipping Slower?
Here is a “practical playbook” for AI‑assisted software engineering in 2025.
📺 Videos, AI
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