Code review process is theatre

#1

Post by jfb » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC

Code review process is theatre
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Re: Code review process is theatre

#2

Post by jfb » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC

Some of my personal thoughts on path dependence in the world of zero marginal cost code.

Re: Code review process is theatre

#3

Post by haydenth » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC

I think a lot about this and the types of harnesses we need to build in order to support a post-code-review world. It's still all up in the air, it seems.

Re: Code review process is theatre

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Post by jfb » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:24 PM UTC

haydenth wrote: post #3

I think a lot about this and the types of harnesses we need to build in order to support a post-code-review world. It's still all up in the air, it seems.

Definitely.

Re: Code review process is theatre

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Post by jfb » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC

haydenth wrote: post #3

I think a lot about this and the types of harnesses we need to build in order to support a post-code-review world. It's still all up in the air, it seems.

I think about this has having two separate but related concerns; how do we build tools that focus attention on the parts of the problem where human judgement is highest leverage; and how do we build harnesses that enforce invariants such that humans trust the attention focussing part. It's a challenge!