Do We Need Code Reviews?
summary
Discussion of whether code review is still necessary in mobile development given alternatives like tests, linters, and static analyzers. Compares pros and cons — reduced need when tools are used well versus reviewers’ overload, time cost, subjectivity and conflicts — and surveys how different companies run code-review processes through a round-table with multiple practitioners.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:14Why code reviews
- 5:09Three use cases
- 7:16Code reviews in corporations
- 10:53Code reviews in startups
- 16:14Code reviews in open source
- 25:11Code review drawbacks
- 33:17Alternatives to code review
- 41:31Bug hunting and code style
- 43:19Clear names and comments
- 46:09Pull request types
- 47:33Learning through reviews
- 51:04Handling conflicts
- 55:22Startup practice
- 57:30Participant conclusions
- 1:01:23Conclusion
