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No, of course not, everyone makes mistakes. But also the point of code review is not just to catch mistakes, suggest improvements, etc, but as a way to learn a
by jacknews 3y ago
No, of course not, everyone makes mistakes.
But also the point of code review is not just to catch mistakes, suggest improvements, etc, but as a way to learn and keep up-to-date with the code base, and also to pick up tips or whatever from other developers.
And I guess a meta-point is it's one of a number of practices that makes the team a team.
- icepat 3y agoTrust can exist while recognizing limitations. In fact, I would say understanding limitations is integral to trust. And limitations is why we do code review.
- distortionfield 3y agoMaking the team “a team” is the silent work that people love to ignore in our field. Software is incredibly sensitive to team composition, IMO. It’s the biggest unspoken factor in “why did this take so long?” Well, bob, because we all had to figure out what each other was doing and thinking for their pieces before we could do that for our own pieces.