Remember the core purpose of code reviews. It’s...

June 14th, 2021

Remember the core purpose of code reviews. It’s...

Remember the core purpose of code reviews. It’s not to assert your knowledge over someone else, nor your power. " "" "Code review is a place of learning, where collaboratively, you improve the code being submitted, hopefully in a way that makes the next submission better, too. " "" "It’s not a place to have architectural discussions, either. Those should happen in the design phase before much code is written. Doing so lets you align on the overall solution before it’s implemented. An architectural rewrite is much more painful than simply switching gears as you're starting. " "" "Code reviews should be a time the team enjoys and finds valuable, so if you’re dreading code reviews, ask yourself why and find ways to improve those areas — which may well be by telling your manager! #bendevtip


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