Infrastructure

[AINews] RIP Pull Requests (2005-2026)

GitHub now allows disabling pull requests as AI-agent development shifts code collaboration from human code review to prompt-driven workflows.

Thursday, April 16, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Latent.SpaceBY sys://pipeline

Pull requests may be dying as AI-driven development changes code workflows fundamentally. GitHub now allows disabling PRs on open source repos for the first time, and prominent developers like Pete Steinberger advocate for "prompt requests" instead, citing reduced merge conflicts and easier maintenance. As agents become central to software development, traditional Git-based workflows designed for human collaboration may become obsolete.

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