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Modal allows low-risk changes, including documentation edits, to proceed without human code review, particularly in the AI era.

Unresolved speaker · Why AI Compute Comes in Rectangles — Erik Bernhardsson, Modal CEO · 22 Oct 2026

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“Like, I mean, like, when I write code, like, occasionally, like, I'm, I'm asking, you know, authors, like, "Is this in line with how you think about things? I hope I'm not changing the architecture fundamentally."”
“But we also make it clear internally that, like, code reviews are, are quite optional and, you know, if you're just changing docs, if you're just doing, you know, some basic stuff, like, don't wait for a human to look at it, especially in the era of AI.”
“Why do you need a human to look at every piece of code? You don't have to. But that does require you to have, you know, very good controls- Yeah... you know, internally around, you know, testing things.”
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