
Why Code Reviews are Often a Waste of Time (And What to Do Instead)
Let me start with a controversial statement that’ll probably ruffle some feathers: code reviews, as practiced by most teams, are a colossal waste of time. Before you sharpen your pitchforks and light your torches, hear me out. I’ve been on both sides of this fence – as a reviewer drowning in diffs and as a developer waiting for approval while my brilliant code grows stale. The uncomfortable truth is that we’ve turned code reviews into a cargo cult practice....