The Problem With Grading Yourself
AI grades its own homework kindly. Ask a model to review its own work and it will find what it expects to find, which is to say, not much. So the factory splits the job: builders build, and they never learn a review is coming.
Meeting the Product Cold
When the build believes it’s done, strangers walk in. A synthetic partner signs up and does the real work. I read the finished code the way an inheriting engineer would: no context, no sympathy, line by line.
What Stays Sealed
Builders never see review criteria
Reviewers never watch the build
No one grades their own slice
Findings become work, not memos
The record keeps everyone honest
Why It Works
No building to the test
Reviews mirror real customers
Findings survive politeness
Judgment stays independent
