In our setup, the committer can merge their pull request after CI passed and at least one review has approved the code. Seems like a better compromise than rely

In our setup, the committer can merge their pull request after CI passed and at least one review has approved the code. Seems like a better compromise than relying solely on CI. And pairing is nice, but there's not always someone available to pair with. Heck, I always review my own pull requests completely before requesting a review, because I often miss something. And the easiest way to do this, that I know of, is with pull requests.