The only positive thing I see about them is that it forces people to read code and get some understanding of the project they’re working on. But in general, we

The only positive thing I see about them is that it forces people to read code and get some understanding of the project they’re working on. But in general, we should rebel against code reviews - they are one of the things that make programming a corporate chore and not something fun. 99% of the time is spent on useless nitpicks and the rest of the 1% can be done with more testing or design sessions.