How to Audit AI-Written Pull Requests Without Burning Out
If it feels like your GitHub notifications are a targeted DDoS attack on your brain, you aren't imagining it. Data from GitHub's Octoverse 2025 report shows an average of 43.2 million pull requests merged every month, a 23% jump from just a year ago. This surge in activity coincides with the widespread adoption of AI tools to write code. The temptation to just click "Approve" on a well-formatted AI-written pull request is higher than ever.