Yes
now that there are passing tests, I often approve without more than a cursory skim
throwawaysleep on Hacker News
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Helped: Developers now write tests, allowing quick approval of PRs.
Got in the way: Pull requests are far less reviewable than before.
… At one of my jobs, the PRs are far less reviewable, but now the devs write tests when they didn’t used to bother. I’ve always viewed reviewing PRs as work without recognition, so I never did much of it anyway, but but now that there are passing tests, I often approve without more than a cursory skim. So yes, it has made their work more productive for me to get off my plane.