AI is accelerating code velocity, but code review remains the last human safety gate before production. In this talk, discover five battle-tested rules to make code reviews effective, not noisy. We'll focus on code intent and behavior over lines changed, treat AI suggestions like junior contributions, avoid scope creep around the PR, reduce false alarms, and always tie feedback to blast radius.

Through live PR diffs and comment threads, you'll see these rules in action by blending linters, static analysis, and AI tools. You'll walk away with a checklist you can use and techniques to calibrate tools for your team's context in order to improve your processes for high quality software development.

Technical: Laptop with GitHub access for live PR demos (browser-based, no installs). First public delivery.

Target: Mid-Sr engineers, tech leads adopting AI tools.

Preferred: 30-45 min talk including Q&A.