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PostgreSQL 19 Delays Linked to Security Reports, Not AI Code
The author posits that recent delays in the PostgreSQL 19 release were caused by a surge of security vulnerability reports in late summer, rather than an increase in AI-generated code submissions. An examination of reverted features indicates that senior developers primarily used LLM tools for code reviews and test case generation in public forums, with all final decisions being human-led. The analysis concludes that the primary bottleneck in open-source projects is review capacity, and that unverified AI-generated review comments add significant overhead for maintainers.
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