Code Review Best Practices

The article treats code review as a regular part of development and says it should be done quickly so the person submitting the PR does not lose momentum. It also recommends testing the branch locally, focusing on readability and important code style decisions, automating linting and formatting, and checking for breaking changes without rereading every line.

Reading notes

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• Review PRs quickly, ideally within an hour, so fixes can still be made without losing focus.
• Test the branch yourself to catch obvious bugs before they reach staging.
• Discuss readability and only the code style rules that actually reduce meaningful differences.
• Use linting, formatting, githooks, or CI scripts to automate minor checks.
• Do a quick pass for breaking changes instead of rechecking every line.
• Write a clear PR description and add related docs, screenshots, or video when useful.
• Review your own PR before asking others to look at it.
• Run tests and static analysis before each push and format changes before committing.
• Keep PRs as small as possible so they are easier to review.