FWIW, I agree with you about code reviews. I'd add that I've found in-person code reviews to be the most helpful from a communication point of view. For remote

FWIW, I agree with you about code reviews. I'd add that I've found in-person code reviews to be the most helpful from a communication point of view. For remote teams I suspect live screen sharing with audio is a reasonable substitute. I guess the downside compared to a formal annotated code review is that the latter is a kind of documentation. Not that I've ever referred back to one, but it's conceivable.