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5 марта 2026 г.
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Code review has quietly turned into a speed exercise. Pull requests pile up, teammates skim the diff, leave an approval, and move on. It is not laziness. It is the reality of modern development cycles. With the rise of vibe coding and AI assisted tools, teams are producing code faster than ever. The volume of pull requests increases, but the incentives around reviewing them have not really changed. Doing a deep review takes real effort, yet there is little direct reward for catching subtle issues. Approving quickly carries almost no cost. This is the gap MergeProof tries to address. As explained on mergeproof.com, it introduces staking into the pull request process. A developer can attach stake to a PR as a signal of confidence in the change. If the code works as intended, nothing happens to the stake. If someone identifies a legitimate functional problem, that reviewer can earn from it. This small change introduces economic alignment into code review. Instead of relying only on social habits like quick approvals, contributors now have incentives tied to the quality of the code being merged. Authors think more carefully before submitting changes, and reviewers have a reason to examine them closely. In a world where vibe coding accelerates development speed, systems like MergeProof become more relevant. Traditional code review was built on trust and good intentions. MergeProof adds accountability and incentives to that structure, which could help teams maintain code quality even as the pace of software creation keeps increasing.