> Reading and validating code is way easier than figuring out how to write it in the first place Not at all. I would even say it is harder because the code bei

> Reading and validating code is way easier than figuring out how to write it in the first place Not at all. I would even say it is harder because the code being reviewed is priming you. All code is a leaky abstraction and if you don't know what to look for you just won't see it.