Christine Lemmer-WebberMar 10

It turns out GenAI code changes are causing serious incidents and outages at Amazon with "high blast radius" https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/after-outages-amazon-to-make-senior-engineers-sign-off-on-ai-assisted-changes/

Junior / middle engineers no longer allowed to push GenAI code to production without senior engineer review

(HT @KimPerales )

EDIT: Better link above than before. Old one is here:
https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de

After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes

AWS has suffered at least two incidents linked to the use of AI coding assistants.

Ars Technica
Show threadCharles U. FarleyMar 10
@cwebber Did they seriously think using AI meant that they could just skip code review?
Show threadT Alex BeamishMar 10

@freakazoid @cwebber This. Getting an AI to write your code is equivalent to a) an insanely over-confident intern or b) a seasoned developer has gotten heavily into the psychedelics. Both choices are questionable, both need serious code review.

And in the end, are you really ahead?

Show threadCharles U. FarleyMar 10
@talexb As someone with ADHD who frequently stalls out any time work gets tedious, yes, I'm definitely ahead. Would love to be able to work on stuff that's always so fun I don't stall out on it, but sadly I need to actually get paid so I can keep my family fed, clothed, and housed.
Show threadT Alex Beamish
@freakazoid Delighted to hear that it works for you - I'm just commenting that it's imperative to check work produced by an AI.
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