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Fragments: March 19

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Fragments: March 19 David Poll points out the flawed premise of the argument that code review is a bottleneck To be fair, finding defects has always been listed as a goal of code review – Wikipedia will tell you as much. And sure, reviewers do catch bugs. But I think that framing dramatically overstates the bug-catching role and understates everything else code review does. If your review process ...
The strongest version of this narrative highlights a critical tension in software development: the balance between automation and human agency. Poll’s argument that code review is about judgment and communication, not just bug-finding, is compelling. It reframes code review as a collaborative process that shapes product direction, not just a quality gate. Majors’ critique of the industry’s blind spot toward production observability is equally valid—understanding real-world system behavior is ess...