The data driven decision is 'passing the smell test'. If you have it one way or another do you find it easier or harder to work with as a first order approximat

The data driven decision is 'passing the smell test'. If you have it one way or another do you find it easier or harder to work with as a first order approximation. Do your coworkers find it easier or harder as a second order approximation to be sure that in the relevant set that you aren't an outlier who happens to know pointer math really well but everyone else finds far harder. For the code review task they don't need precise statistical data they just need to know which direction the arrow points with a decision in the main case.