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13 Dec 2021

Henrik Warne 3 min read

There seems to be an established truth in programming that code reviews find a lot of bugs. An example is chapter 18 (Modern Code Review) in the book Making Software. This is however not my experience – I rarely find … Continue reading →

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18 Jan 2019

Molly King 5 min read

Reviewing code Happy new year! The beginning of the year is a great time to reflect on our strengths, our accomplishments, and our areas of opportunity. Perhaps you’ve decided that code reviews are one of your areas of opportunity. Wonderful! I’m so glad you’re here. I highly recommend checking out parts 1 and 2 of this series, as code review…

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13 Dec 2018

Molly King 4 min read

Being Reviewed Putting your code up for peer review can be a scary proposition. You’ve artfully crafted this code over multiple hours and cups of coffee. Your precious, perfect baby is about to be exposed to the big, dark, scary world and torn to pieces by your coworkers. Okay, maybe I’m overstating things a bit. But code reviews can be…

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26 Nov 2018

Molly King 4 min read

Self-Review Code reviews are an integral part of software engineering, and unless you work alone, are likely to be a regular part of your work life in building software products. Code reviews can occasionally be contentious, and about as fun as a root canal, but they don’t have to be! Over the course of this three-part blog series, I will…

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