In my experience, peer reviews backfire when they veer into style territory: they generate hours of non-productive work, paid by the reviewed, to generate outpu

In my experience, peer reviews backfire when they veer into style territory: they generate hours of non-productive work, paid by the reviewed, to generate output that has no value to the customer or management. I used to take style comments from reviewers seriously, until I saw the code they had submitted that got them promoted.