The plain-English version
An informal name for the attention and time available to inspect generated changes and verify their effects.
Why it matters
A large patch can exceed what a maintainer can meaningfully review even when producing it was quick.
Let’s make it click
A contributor splits a broad rewrite into a data-contract change and a separate interface change so each can be understood and checked.
Vibe Bro’s heads-up
An additional AI reviewer can surface questions, but it does not create an independent guarantee of correctness.
You might also hear
- review capacity
- large diffs
- verification debt
The docs behind it
Research sources reviewed .
Editorial review · October 28, 2026
Supported: This is explicitly an informal planning term, not a standardized metric or measured capacity. GitHub's review limitations support the underlying need to inspect generated changes.