SMRTR ProgrammingNov 29, 2024Daily.dev

Your PR Process Is Killing Morale and Productivity

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Code review practices at some companies have become counterproductive, with hundreds of comments focusing on trivial style issues rather than substantive improvements. This wastes time and demoralizes developers, especially new team members. To fix the problem, teams should automate formatting, focus reviews on functionality and architecture, create clear style guides, and measure meaningful metrics instead of comment quantity.

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