Is the norm now that PRs are basically rubber stamps
I started a new job at a startup about four months ago where the whole process is now "ai-first" approach being pushed on us that we should just vibe-code all of the requirements and the apps. The startup is self-sustainable, it's cash-flow positive and is looking to go get some funding in a few months for expansion but holy shit it's bad.
The startup had two developer founders that left it; their code is a mess, and I mean a complete mess but I understand it from the point of view because they needed to get the customer and had to do shortcuts and just a typical startup fashion.
Then a CTO joined and he pushed for a complete rewrite which happened after about a year and now we are going for the third rewrite (hurray!) The principle engineer is coding, the CTO is coding...? seniors get to code but they don't get to design anything and they must ask for implementation details from the CTO?
Anyways, the PR review is basically just LGTMing claude generated code, I don't understand if this is the norm now or are we just gone insane and we have claude write the code, codex review it, human rubber stamps it or runs it through gemini to appear smart and raise some issues and then claude writes the tests and it's just merged? Is this the norm now? Is it a one/two-men show and developers are just orchestrating agents, is that what it is now?