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Your Code Knows What Changed. But Does It Know Why?

AI can write a pull request in seconds. But when that pull request touches a piece of code written three years ago, there is a much harder question: Why does this code exist?

  • AI-generated pull requests complicate understanding of existing code.
  • Git provides change history but not the "why" behind modifications.
  • Engineering graph within codebase helps uncover code history and rationale.

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