Category: Code Review
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Post-Mortem: Architecture Migration – January 2025
This is a transparent write-up of the issues we ran into over the last few weeks while migrating our architecture. The goal here is not to justify decisions or hide mistakes. It is simply to explain what changed, what went wrong, how we debugged it, and what we are doing next. Executive Summary We migrated…
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How to Identify (and Fix) Bottlenecks in Your Code Review Process
As an engineering team grows, the code review process is often one of the first things to show signs of strain. What used to be a quick, collaborative check turns into a queue. Pull requests start to pile up, delivery slows down, and you can feel the impact on the team’s pace. The default assumption…
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Why you should use an AI Code Review Tool
If you’re on Earth, you know code generation tools are now a standard part of the developer workflow. We’re producing code faster than ever, but this speed is creating a new, obvious bottleneck: the pull request. Reviewing a 500-line PR that was written in an hour by an AI assistant is a fundamentally different task…
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A Practical Code Review Checklist
As an engineering team grows from a handful of people to a dozen or more, code reviews start to change. What used to be a quick exchange between people who knew the entire codebase becomes inconsistent. One reviewer approves with a quick “LGTM,” another focuses on syntax details, while a third questions architectural decisions that…
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The limitations of using only Claude for code security review
The first time you see an AI comment on a pull request, the feedback loop stands out. A full review appears in seconds, pointing out potential issues before a human reviewer has even opened the file. The appeal of using a tool like Claude for code security review, a critical part of security in the…
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Balancing delivery speed and code quality in scaling startups
In a fast-growing startup, the default mode is to ship as fast as possible. A new feature needs to go out for a critical demo, a bug fix is blocking a major customer, or you’re just trying to find product-market fit before the runway gets short. This constant pressure creates a natural tension with maintaining…
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How to scale code review in a growing team
A pull request opens, and the review requests go out to the same two or three senior engineers. A day passes. Then another. Eventually, feedback trickles in, but in the meantime, other PRs have stacked up behind it, all waiting on the same people. This is the first sign that your team’s **code review** process…
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Github Copilot Alternatives for AI Code Review
Code review is one of the last major bottlenecks in software development. It’s essential for quality, but it’s slow, subjective, and often a source of friction. AI is changing that. GitHub Copilot has become the standard for code autocompletion and is now entering the review process. But is it the only option? Not even close.…
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Coderabbit Alternatives for AI Code Review
Everyone has been there, stuck waiting for a critical PR review while the project manager keeps pushing you. If you’ve been using a tool like Coderabbit to ease that pain, you’re on the right track. But with the AI devtools landscape exploding, you might be wondering if there’s a better alternative to Coderabbit for your…
