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Code Reviews Don't Scale

https://medium.com/@ben.g.northmore/the-death-of-code-reviews-as-we-know-them-d9a3e8d6795e
3•surprisefox•1h ago

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g-b-r•1h ago
> Read the summary first. Challenge the claims. Decide where the risk is likely to be. Then use the code to verify those claims instead of using the code to discover them in the first place.

You get that with tiny commits, that make confirming the commits' text as easy as possible; if they're hierarchical it's even better, but that requires using a decent commits viewer (absolutely not github and the likes).

surprisefox•48m ago
I think it's a fair point, now code gen is much quicker, keeping commits slim is a challenge in itself. Agree the big repo platforms don't really do any favours in that department
g-b-r•59m ago
but I guess this is written by an AI
surprisefox•46m ago
Not AI. Just a bored developer with an evening to spare.

It's interesting though people seem to assume everything is ai-generated now

dieselgate•43m ago
Right on, I've been quite bored from 8-4 hours lately and have been commenting a lot around forums etc and can relate. Writing articles like this is more productive. I agree about the AI comments, it's basically written in the HN Guidelines "Please don't complain about tangential annoyances" or multiple others like "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."
surprisefox•34m ago
Very relatable. I've definitely found myself spending more time in discussions recently too. I kind of take the AI comment as a compliment to be honest. Its a shame the message can get dismissed so quickly because of it but I understand why people are suspicious now
dieselgate•36m ago
> The diff is still treated as the source of truth. I'd almost reverse that.

I think this is interesting but it seems brittle. It makes me think of the Agile Manifesto "Working software over comprehensive documentation" - not that I evangelize for Agile.

surprisefox•21m ago
Totally with you, it does feel fragile. Something hard to come to terms with for me is how much we actually care about the way something has been done itself

if there are three equally good ways of solving a problem, it seems like reading every line stops feeling like a good use of time (and maybe even kills the speed gains of ai assistance)

surprisefox•19m ago
Thanks for the discussion by the way :) It's refreshing to chat outside of my own mind and get a fresh take

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