Comment by bbarnett
6 days ago
Whether reviewer or creator, if the start conditions / problem is known, both start with the same info.
"code base must do X with Y conditions"
The reviewer is at no disadvantage, other than the ability to walk the problem without coding.
This is the ideal case where the produced code is well readable and commented so its intent is obvious.
The worst case is an intern or LLM having generated some code where the intent is not obvious and them not being able to explain the intent behind it. "How is that even related to the ticket"-style code.