Three Techniques to Understand Your Codebase When Coding Agents Write the Code

As AI coding agents increasingly write the majority of code, the new bottleneck for developers becomes understanding the codebase. Three techniques are proposed to leverage AI for improving this comprehension. The first method is to create a detailed feature memo with an AI before building, ensuring alignment on the implementation and its implications. Another technique involves using AI agents to review pull requests, which helps the human reviewer quickly grasp the changes and their context. Lastly, developers can generate focused, visual HTML memos for specific parts of the codebase to build a layer-by-layer understanding over time.