Code review aren’t meant to find defects- they are meant to prevent them. Every study I’ve seen on code or peer review effectiveness (and there are many) demons

Code review aren’t meant to find defects- they are meant to prevent them. Every study I’ve seen on code or peer review effectiveness (and there are many) demonstrates that when code reviews are added into an orgs development process, product defects are reduced, and reduced by far more than what is accounted for in bugs directly filled in code reviews. Knowing that code is going to be reviewed and/or having to explain that code changes the way developers write code to begin with, for the better. I’m a bit of a code review evangelist, so I’m surprised at the amount of negativity toward code reviews. Some of it sounds a bit self centered, upset that it slows down “thier” productivity or ability to self express through code rather than the real purpose of the reviews- to improve the product and organization as a whole.