The Challenge
Individual productivity increases 3x–10x, but this creates new challenges:- PR flood: More output requires new review strategies
- Knowledge sharing: Individual success must scale to team adoption
- Cultural shift: Moving from tribal knowledge to codified practices
Essential Topics for Delivery
| Topic | Key Takeaway |
|---|---|
| From Manual to Agentic Review | Use AI to handle the “tedious nits” so humans can focus on architecture and taste |
| The REVIEW_RULES.md | Tribal knowledge must be codified to be enforceable at scale |
| The “One-Way Door” | Once an engineer masters this workflow, the old way of working feels cumbersome and they rarely go back |
| Psychological Safety | Frame the transition as individual impact multiplication and career growth, not replacement |
The Three Pillars
Taming the PR Flood
Shifting AI from “coder” to “reviewer” to handle the review bottleneckCultivating an AI-Friendly Codebase
Building artifacts and documentation that enable instant AI contextLeadership: Focus on Growth
Leading human-first adoption with champions, not mandatesKey Insight: The transition from individual mastery to team adoption is primarily a human challenge, not a technical one.