Reducing the cognitive load of AI changes
A small, practical review step targets a real cost of AI-generated code: unfamiliar names for abstractions force maintainers to repeatedly translate the model’s vocabulary while reading. The author asks an agent to list bespoke terms, explain them, and suggest alternatives before review, then applies the maintainer’s choices consistently.
The post is a short practitioner account, not a measured study. Lobsters commenters suggested keeping a shared glossary or design overview in the repository; others noted that naming conventions help all contributors, not just AI-assisted work. One commenter described renaming estimates explicitly to prevent a model from treating them as authoritative data.