5 Levels of AI Code Review — From 'Trust Me Bro' to Production Ready
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I asked AI to review its own code last week. The code had a bug. An edge case. A variable name that made no sense. The AI's review? This code is clean, efficient, and well-structured. 10/10. I asked again: Are you sure? What about the edge case? It paused. Then fixed the bug. Then gave itself 11/10. That's when I realized: AI code review isn't one thing. It's five different things. And most of us are stuck at Level 1 without even knowing it. Here's the full ladder from trust me bro to actually production ready.