AWS’s Hydro team wants the compiler to catch coding agents’ mistakes
Shadaj Laddad of the AWS Hydro team argues that human code review cannot keep pace with the volume of code generated by AI agents. Because agents often write both the implementation and the tests, the team is seeking external correctness checks to ensure distributed systems remain stable.
Key points
- AI agents are writing the majority of the Hydro Rust framework
- Human review is struggling to keep up with agent-generated PRs
- Agents may write flawed unit tests that mask bugs
- AWS is pursuing correctness checks outside the agent workflow
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